According to research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the United States had 173,690 cases of hospital-acquired sepsis in 2014, representing roughly 6% of all hospital admissions.7 Septicemia Bacteria, viruses, and fungi can get into the bloodstream through various wa...
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'...
Sepsis is typically characterized by a dysregulated immune system response to bodily pathogens1,2. 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...
encapsulated bacteria, biofilm fragments and L-form (free-floating and inside leukocytes). Bacteria can enter the bloodstream as a complication of infections (pneumonia, meningitis, peritonitis, urinary tract infections, etc.), during surgery, due to catheters, vascular prostheses, prosthetic...
Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Rhee reported receiving grants from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) during the conduct of the study and grants from Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and personal fees from UpToDate outside the submitted work. Dr Fram repor...
least two sets of blood cultures increased significantly in both groups. During phase 2, intervention hospitals showed higher proportion of adequate initial antimicrobial therapy and de-escalation within 5 days. A survey among involved clinicians indicated lacking resources for quality improvement. Therefore...
Sepsis is a life-threatening systemic inflammatory condition caused by the body’s response to infection, leading to fever, increased heart and breathing rates and septic shock is the subset of these patients with hypotension and altered serum lactate1,2,3. The estimated annual cost of sepsis hos...
Basic research suggests some contributing mechanisms underlying asthma might at the same time benefit patients with asthma against sepsis, while the potential protective effect of comorbid asthma on prognosis of sepsis has not been well studied in clinic
Microbiota restoration and protection, reduction of oxidative stress, protection and acceleration of bone barrow restoration, and recovery of plasmatic albumin structure and function by AC application are the facts, encouraging the application of AC for sepsis prevention [19,29,83,87,89,150,151,152...