Infection Control Today - Sepsis

Text Search Tool for EMRs Shows Promise for Identifying Postoperative Complications

Use of natural language processing, such as in the form of free-text searches of electronic medical records (EMRs) of clinical and progress notes of patients performed better at identifying postoperative surgical complications than the commonly used administrative data ...More

August 24, 2011

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Researchers Examine Nationwide Trends for Sepsis in the 21st Century

Severe sepsis is common and often fatal, although evidence-based therapies have improved patient outcomes. In recent study, researchers from the Medical College of Wisconsin and Orlando Regional Medical Center found that the number of severe sepsis hospitalizations per ...More

August 18, 2011

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Concept of a 'Sepsis Belt' is Explored by Researcher

You’ve heard of the Stroke Belt. Stretching across the American Southeast, it spans 11 states from Louisiana to Virginia, where death from stroke is much higher than in other regions of the country. The term Sepsis Belt might be a new one, though. Sepsis, a severe illness ...More

July 29, 2011

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Late Phase of Sepsis Characterized by Increased Microbiological Burden, Death Rate

Recent models capturing the pathophysiology of sepsis and ex-vivo data from patients are speculating about immunosuppression in the so-called late phase of sepsis. Clinical data regarding survival and microbiological burden are missing. Gordon P. Otto, of the Clinic for ...More

July 28, 2011

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Researchers Suggest New Way of Looking at What Causes Sepsis

Researchers at St. Michael’s Hospital have put forward a new theory as to what causes sepsis, an often fatal condition that occurs when infection spreads throughout the body. Leaking blood vessels may actually be a cause of sepsis, rather than a symptom as previously ...More

June 23, 2011

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Does Gender Influence Surgical ICU Outcomes Related to Sepsis?

Impact of gender on severe infections is in highly controversial discussion with natural survival advantage of females described in animal studies but contradictory to human data. Irit Nachtigall, of the Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care at Charité ...More

June 21, 2011

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Researchers Find Potential New Way to Fight Sepsis

By digging a little deeper, researchers may have found a potential target for reversing the deadly blood infection sepsis. Scientists at the University of Michigan Health System looked at microRNA, a type of RNA that does not code for a protein itself but that can regulate ...More

June 10, 2011

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Going Beyond the Guidelines When it Comes to Fighting Sepsis

The Surviving Sepsis Campaign is a global effort to improve the care of patients with severe sepsis and septic shock. The first Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines were published in 2004 with an updated version published in 2008. These guidelines have been endorsed by many ...More

June 7, 2011

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Risks of Sepsis-Associated Hospitalization, Death Vary by Insurance

Socio-demographic and clinical factors associated with increased sepsis risk, including older age, non-white race and specific co-morbidities, are more common among patients with Medicare or Medicaid or no health insurance. James M O'Brien Jr., of the Department of Internal ...More

May 24, 2011

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Survey Shows Vancomycin Continues to Dominate MRSA Treatment

According to surveyed infectious disease specialists and internists as well as hospital patient-level medical data, Decision Resources and Arlington Medical Resources (AMR) find that vancomycin—which has experienced increasing usage over the past five years—continues to ...More

May 23, 2011

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