There's lots of information out there, and it's easy to be confused about how exactly sepsis arises. Below, Agim Beshiri, M.D., Abbott senior medical director, shares the facts about sepsis and what you can do if you think you have it. What is Sepsis? Sepsis occurs when the body'...
2. While it can impact individuals of all ages, sepsis poses a particularly grave threat to children3. In 2017, approximately 20.3 million new cases of sepsis and 2.9 million deaths occurred in children under five years of age, where the burden of sepsis is greater in low-resource settings...
19,20 However, SEP-1 and Rory’s Regulations may not be directly comparable, as Rory’s Regulations included a more comprehensive set of interventions, including standardized protocols at each hospital, aggressive awareness and education campaigns, and mandates for public reporting of both bundle ...
Based on systematic qualitative analyses of experiences of the study coordinators as well as local QI team leaders during phase 117, the implementation strategy was improved for phase 2. Improvements included extending the set of measures used for audit and feedback as well as active reminders, inc...
3-6 Despite its importance, reliably measuring sepsis incidence and trends is challenging. Most studies have used claims data, but increasing clinical awareness, changes in diagnosis and coding practices, and variable definitions have led to uncertainty about the accuracy of reported trends as well ...