Sepsis

  • Treating Blood Infections Tops Annual Hospital Cost Increases
    Hospital costs for treating septicemia increased by an average of nearly 12 percent each year from 1997 to 2007, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Costs for treating this potentially deadly blood infection ...More
    March 24, 2010
    Posted in News
  • Immune System May Offer Way to Stop Infection-Caused Inflammation
    Treating virulent influenza, sepsis and other potentially deadly infections long has focused on looking for ways to kill viruses and bacteria. But new research from the University of Utah (U of U) and Utah State University shows that modulating the body's own overeager ...More
    March 17, 2010
    Posted in News
  • Study Finds That Two Treatment Strategies for Severe Sepsis Show Similar Survival Rates
    A comparison of two strategies for treating severe sepsis or septic shock finds that using lactate levels measured in blood samples showed a similar short-term survival rate compared to a treatment regimen using central venous oxygen saturation measured using a specialized ...More
    February 23, 2010
    Posted in News
  • Study Shows Sepsis and Pneumonia Caused by HAIs Kill 48,000 Patients; Cost $8.1 Billion to Treat
    Two common conditions caused by hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) killed 48,000 people and ramped up healthcare costs by $8.1 billion in 2006 alone, according to a study released today in the Archives of Internal Medicine.This is the largest nationally representative ...More
    February 22, 2010
    Posted in News
  • Transplant Tourism Poses Infection Problems, Ethical Dilemma for U.S. Doctors
    A recent case study by doctors at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York examined the ethical issues posed by transplant tourism, an offshoot of medical tourism, which focuses solely on transplantation surgery.  Many American transplant professionals frown on the practice of ...More
    January 26, 2010
    Posted in News
  • Sepsis Campaign Improving Treatment of Major Killer
    A reduction in hospital mortality from severe sepsis and septic shock was associated with participation in the Surviving Sepsis Campaign performance improvement initiative, according to an article published simultaneously in the February issues of Critical Care Medicine and ...More
    January 13, 2010
    Posted in News
  • Fatty Food Can Weaken the Immune System
    Fresh evidence that fatty food is bad for our health has come to light: mice fed a lard-based diet over a long period got worse at fighting bacteria in the blood, reveals a thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy.The mice fed the lard-based diet derived 60 per cent of their ...More
    December 8, 2009
    Posted in News
  • Study Shows Half of ICU Patients Considered to be Infected
    An international study that examined the extent of infections in nearly 1,300 intensive care units (ICUs) in 75 countries found that about 50 percent of the patients were considered infected, with infection associated with an increased risk of death in the hospital, ...More
    December 1, 2009
    Posted in News
  • New Therapy May be Effective Against Bacterial Infections and Sepsis
    A new study found that certain immune cells primarily associated with asthma and allergies may enhance innate immunity and improve clearance of bacterial infections and may be an effective new therapy against bacterial infections and sepsis in humans. The researchers from ...More
    November 19, 2009
    Posted in News
  • Surgeons Discover Hormone That Could Protect Against Sepsis
    A hormone naturally found in the fat that surrounds the abdominal organs for the first time has been linked to death related to sepsis, surgeons reported at the 2009 Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons. A study presented at the conference showed that low ...More
    October 14, 2009
    Posted in News
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