Sepsis

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Use of an electronic health record integrated sepsis model did not impact time to antibiotics for patients with sepsis in the emergency department, according to a study presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

The performance of prognostic models for COVID-19 is modest, but simple predictors like age and the ratio of arterial partial pressure of oxygen to fraction of inspired oxygen may useful as stand-alone predictors, researchers reported.

In a new study, researchers reported systematic racial differences in ICU admission patterns among patients with acute respiratory failure and sepsis who are Asian, Pacific Islander and Hispanic.

A new study showed a link between partial pressure of oxygen at admission and mortality in pediatric ICU patients and other critically ill subgroups, researchers reported at the Society of Critical Care Medicine Congress.

In this episode, I sit down with Hassan Khouli, MD, to discuss his personal and professional journey into medicine, keeping hope in the midst of the pandemic, and the importance of human connection with both patients and colleagues.

In a new study, high-acuity patients with sepsis not requiring life support in the ED who were admitted directly to the ward, compared with ICU, had shorter length of stay and improved survival.

In certain settings.

Sepsis is a leading cause of preventable death across the globe, and patients with cancer have a 10 times higher likelihood of developing this life-threatening condition than those without cancer.

Approximately one-third of patients with tuberculosis-destroyed lung experienced postoperative complications, with certain subgroups at higher risk, according to new data published in BMC Pulmonary Medicine.

Monday marks the 10th annual World Sepsis Day, an initiative established in 2012 by the nonprofit Global Sepsis Alliance to raise awareness of sepsis, which kills at least 11 million people each year worldwide.