Sepsis

Obesity may be linked to a higher risk of developing early sepsis-associated AKI in adults admitted to the ICU, according to a recently published study.

Older ICU survivors had a higher likelihood for filling new and persistent sedative prescriptions when placed in a long-term care facility following ICU discharge, according to results published in CHEST.

New guidance was published in 2023 for STD prevention, diabetic foot infections, infective endocarditis and more.

WASHINGTON — Black children were more than twice as likely to die of sepsis as white children at one Arkansas hospital, according to research presented at the AAP National Conference & Exhibition.

In 2015, the CMS introduced the Severe Sepsis/Septic Shock Management Bundle, or SEP-1, as an all-or-nothing, pay-for-reporting measure.

HONOLULU — A higher comorbidity burden increases the odds for in-hospital mortality among adults with pulmonary embolism, according to a poster presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

SARS-CoV-2 infection accounted for roughly one in six cases of sepsis at five Massachusetts hospitals during the first 33 months of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to findings from a large study of more than 430,000 patient encounters.

Race, sequential organ failure assessment scores and cardiac arrhythmias are among the factors that raised the risk for mechanical ventilation following sepsis onset, according to results published in American Journal of Critical Care.

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WASHINGTON — A test designed to rapidly determine sepsis probability in ED patients suspected of having an infection was found to be reliable, according to an abstract presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.