Sepsis

  • Scientists Discover How the Immune System and Brain Communicate to Control Disease, Sepsis
    In a major step in understanding how the nervous system and the immune system interact, scientists at the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research have identified a new anatomical path through which the brain and the spleen communicate. The spleen, once thought to be an ...More
    July 22, 2008
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  • Study Identifies Infection, Sepsis Among Most Costly Adverse Events in Children's Hospitals
    A large study of health records from 38 American children’s hospitals has measured adverse events that most increase length of stay and overall cost. The researchers say their findings provide useful targets for hospital programs aimed at preventing harm to young ...More
    June 2, 2008
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  • Sepsis Educational Program Results in Death Rate Decline
    A national educational effort in Spain to promote appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock was associated with a lower rate of sepsis deaths in hospitals and improved guideline adherence, although the improvement in compliance with some resuscitation procedures ...More
    May 27, 2008
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  • Ashwell Receptor Reduces Mortality During Sepsis
    In research that solves the longest-standing mystery in glycobiology – a field that studies complex sugar chains called glycans – researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have discovered that a molecule in the liver of all ...More
    May 20, 2008
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  • Incidence of Group B Strep Has Decreased Among Newborns but Has Increased Among Adults
    Group B streptococcus, a major cause of serious infections, declined about 25 percent among infants younger than 7 days from 1999 to 2005, but increased nearly 50 percent among persons 15 to 64 years old, according to a study in the May 7 issue of JAMA.In the 1970s, group B ...More
    May 7, 2008
    Posted in News
  • Researchers Find Possible Target to Treat Deadly Bloodstream Infections
    Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have discovered a possible target to treat bloodstream bacterial infections. Most bacterial pathogens can invade the bloodstream, which can lead to severe sepsis, a syndrome that kills about 215,000 of the 750,000 people ...More
    February 29, 2008
    Posted in News
  • Customized Treatments for Sepsis Lower Treatment Time and Reduce Length of ICU Stays
    Using a blood test and a decision algorithm, rather than standard hospital protocols, to determine the appropriate length of antibiotic therapy in patients with severe sepsis or septic shock can reduce duration of treatments, shorten ICU stays, and lower hospital costs— all ...More
    February 29, 2008
    Posted in News
  • Green Tea Proves Powerful Medicine Against Sepsis
    A major component of green tea could prove the perfect elixir for severe sepsis, an abnormal immune system response to a bacterial infection. In a new laboratory study, Haichao Wang, PhD, of The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, and his colleagues have been studying ...More
    November 9, 2007
    Posted in News
  • Statins Linked to Lower Risk of Infection
    Researchers at Johns Hopkins may have discovered an unintended benefit in the drugs millions of Americans take to lower their cholesterol: The medications, all statins, seem to lower the risk of a potentially lethal blood infection known as sepsis in patients on kidney ...More
    April 6, 2007
    Posted in News
  • Non-Invasive Monitoring for Neonatal Sepsis Goes National
    Imagine being able to know ahead of time when a baby will get a serious infection and then being able to treat the infection before it can affect his or her tender life. More than a dream, researchers at the University of Virginia Health System have developed a way to ...More
    February 8, 2007
    Posted in News
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