Sepsis

First 24 Hours of Severe Sepsis May Be Most Important

DES PLAINES, Ill. – Organ function improvement, or lack thereof, in the first 24 hours of severe sepsis is highly predictive of the overall disease course, according to an article in the October issue of Critical Care Medicine. The researchers found that improvement in ...More
October 18, 2005
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Low HDL Level Indicates Poor Prognosis for Sepsis

DES PLAINES, Ill. -- Critically ill patients with low blood levels of high-density-lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, or good cholesterol, on the first day of severe sepsis have a higher mortality rate according to an article in the August issue of Critical Care Medicine."Our ...More
August 29, 2005
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Nanogen Awarded $2.5 Million Grant for Development of Diagnostics for Sepsis and Pneumonia

SAN DIEGO -- Nanogen, Inc. a developer of advanced diagnostic products, announced today that the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), a division of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded the company a grant in the amount of $2.5 ...More
August 1, 2005
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FDA Issues Public Health Advisory for Mifepristone

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is investigating recently reported serious adverse events associated with mifepristone (trade name Mifeprex, also known as RU-486). As a result, the FDA is issuing a public health advisory today highlighting the risk of sepsis or blood ...More
July 21, 2005
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Study Shows That Diabetes Increases Risk of Blood Poisoning

ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- A new study adds potentially fatal blood infections to the list of health risks from diabetes, a condition that is on the rise in the United States as obesity rates climb, according to the Feb. 15, 2005 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases, now available ...More
January 26, 2005
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BioDtech Signs Worldwide Licensing Agreement for New Technology to Quickly Detect and Remove Bacterial Toxins

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- BioDtech, Inc. has announced its exclusive worldwide agreement with the National University of Singapore (NUS) for the use and further development of new technology that will quickly detect, neutralize and remove endotoxin. Endotoxin is a potent fever ...More
January 18, 2005
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California State Health Department Cites Facility for Death of a Resident Due to Sepsis and Dehydration

SACRAMENTO -- Evergreen Healthcare Centers of Vallejo has received a "AA" citation from the state of California, the most severe under state law, State Public Health Officer Dr. Richard J. Jackson announced last week. The facility received the citation and an $80,000 fine ...More
January 18, 2005
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Updated Guidelines Address Hemodynamic Support of Sepsis

DES PLAINES, Ill. -- Newly revised practice parameters for hemodynamic support of sepsis in adult patients are published in the September issue of Critical Care Medicine and available on the Society of Critical Care Medicine's Web sit at www.sccm.org. "These guidelines ...More
September 21, 2004
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Severe Sepsis Causes Almost 10 Percent of Cancer Deaths

Severe sepsis is a costly complication in hospitalized cancer patients causing around one in ten cancer deaths each year in the United States, according to an article published today in Critical Care. The excessive response to infection in patients with severe sepsis ...More
July 5, 2004
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Infection Control Today - 06/2004: New Guidelines

New Guidelines Aim to Decrease Sepsis-Related Mortality By Kelly M. Pyrek Sepsis is an insidious complication, affecting more than 750,000 people annually and killing more than 1,400 in the U.S. daily. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently reported ...More
June 1, 2004
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