Sepsis

Infection Control Today - 06/2004: Aseptic Technique

Aseptic Technique Best Practices in Real Life By Kathy Dix The Consequences of Sepsis Talking about asepsis is all well and good, but we must remember why this technique is so important. The end result of blood or tissue infection — sepsis — is a dramatic and often fatal ...More
June 1, 2004
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Experimental Therapy May Reduce Death From Sepsis

An experimental therapy that combines an antibiotic with a synthetic anti-inflammatory drug, designed at the University of Virginia Health System, has shown early promise in dramatically reducing death from sepsis, a life-threatening infection that kills 210,000 Americans ...More
May 14, 2004
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Antioxidants May Increase Sepsis Survival

DES PLAINES, Ill. -- Combining antioxidants with the standard sepsis treatments of antibiotics and fluid resuscitation can increase sepsis survival in an animal model, according to an article in the February 2004 issue of Critical Care Medicine. "Our study suggests ...More
March 30, 2004
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Beckman Coulter Signs Exclusive Deal for New Sepsis Marker

FULLERTON, Calif. -- Beckman Coulter, Inc. announces it has signed an exclusive licensing agreement with Research and Diagnostic Antibodies LLC for R&D Abs' inducible nitric oxide (iNOS) monoclonal antibodies and patents. iNOS is an exciting new marker in blood that ...More
March 19, 2004
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Clinical Trial Focuses on Treatment of Sepsis

TWIN FALLS, Idaho -- Medical Discoveries, Inc. announces its receipt of the first in a series of pre-clinical reports from Dr. Emil Chi, chairman of the department of histopathology at the University of Washington Medical School, for one of several studies on models of ...More
March 18, 2004
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New International Guidelines Support Early Goal Directed Therapy to Treat Sepsis

ORLANDO, Fla. -- An international coalition of critical care specialists has unveiled the first-ever global guidelines for the aggressive identification, management and treatment of sepsis, a widespread bloodstream infection that kills more than 1,400 people each day and ...More
February 25, 2004
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Aspirin Could Reduce the Risk of Deadly Infections

Newswise - Adding to the long list of the benefits of aspirin, researchers have found that it is responsible for reducing toxic bacteria associated with serious infections. A study led by Dartmouth Medical School describes how salicylic acid - produced when the body breaks ...More
January 7, 2004
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VHA Health Foundation Receives Grant to Develop Quality Care Measures for Sepsis Care

IRVING, Texas -- The VHA Health Foundation is undertaking an initiative to develop, test and disseminate quality measures for the treatment of patients with severe sepsis, which strikes an estimated 750,000 people in the U.S. annually, resulting in 215,000 deaths. The VHA ...More
October 13, 2003
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Study Shows Deadly Sepsis is on the Rise in the United States

PITTSBURGH -- Severe sepsis, the leading cause of death in America's non-coronary intensive care units (ICUs), is a rapidly growing problem in the United States in terms of the number of patients afflicted by the condition and the complexity of their cases, researchers from ...More
February 3, 2003
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Members of the "Surviving Sepsis" Campaign Aim to Create Awareness of And Take Action Against 10th Most Common Cause of Death

SAN ANTONIO -- Intensive care professionals from the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) annual meeting today called for action to reduce the number of deaths from one of the world's oldest and most virulent killers -- sepsis. It is estimated that worldwide, 1,400 ...More
January 31, 2003
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