Study: Fecal Transplants Cut Sepsis Risk in Patients With C. Diff FMT also tied to shorter length of hospital stay, better overall survival vs antibiotics Nov 04, 2019
Antibiotics vs Blood Cultures in Sepsis: Which Should Come First? Study addresses whether immediate treatment plays a role in diagnostic sensitivity Sep 17, 2019
Sepsis Survivors Not Out of the Woods Patient age, sex, and higher APACHE II scores tied to intermediate-term mortality May 31, 2019
USC Party Dean Gets $1.8M; TV Doc Disciplined; Fla. 3-Strike Law Fails Bad Practice: a weekly roundup of clinicians accused, convicted, or under investigation May 24, 2019
How Best to Monitor Critically Ill Patients? Continuous surveillance achieved through EHR data could provide key insights Feb 21, 2019
Similar Endotypes Identified for Pediatric ARDS and Sepsis Shared biology between children with sepsis, respiratory failure could predict mortality risk, study shows Feb 21, 2019
Antibiotics Rx Common, but Variable, in Pediatric ICU Children given antibiotics were on mechanical ventilation for fewer days Feb 20, 2019
Peripheral Perfusion Fails to Cut Septic Shock Mortality But showed improvements over lactate-guided resuscitation for some outcomes Feb 19, 2019
CDC May Have a Better Mousetrap for Sepsis Surveillance Researchers compare the CDC's simplified criteria against SOFA criteria Feb 19, 2019
Sepsis in Pediatric ALL Tied to Long-Term Neuro Effects Deficits observed in attention, memory, vocabulary, among others Sep 24, 2018
Mandatory Reporting Tied to Improved Sepsis Tx, Survival New York study examines impact of "Rory's Regulations" Sep 13, 2018
Mandated Sepsis Treatment Is Saving Lives Regulations made five years ago made a difference Jul 24, 2018 video
Critically Ill Patients Who Abuse Alcohol at Greater Risk for ARDS Patients should be screened on hospital admission, researchers say Jul 06, 2018
Rapid Genetic Test May Prevent Abx-Linked Hearing Loss in Babies For newborns with sepsis,identifies those at risk from aminoglycosides Jun 15, 2018
Vasopressin Lowers Sepsis Afib Risk Addition to shock treatment may offer clinical advantage May 08, 2018
FDA Greenlights Vasopressor Drug for Shock Angiotensin II should be used with antithrombotic Dec 21, 2017
Seizure Risk After Sepsis Lasts for Years Far above rates seen in non-sepsis patients, especially at younger ages Apr 23, 2017
Mortality High in Post-Arthroplasty Sepsis Sources of sepsis included pneumonia and urinary tract or surgical site infections Mar 03, 2016
New Payment Model for Joint Replacement Faces Opposition Musculoskeletal specialists and hospital administrators request delays, changes Sep 15, 2015
10 Things ICUs Must Do Better Compassion tops the list by former Society of Critical Care Medicine president. Jan 19, 2015
Tweet of the Week: C. diff Barbie Welcome to another edition of the MedPage Today Tweet of the Week! Every Friday, the editorial team highlights its favorite 140-character contribution from the healthcare twittersphere. Jul 25, 2014
Does Tylenol Protect Kidneys in Sepsis? SAN DIEGO -- Acetaminophen (Tylenol) for severe sepsis patients improved renal function but gave mixed signals in terms of changes in the expected oxidative injury mechanism, researchers found in a pilot trial. May 19, 2014
Need New Target to Get Better Sepsis Outcomes Short-term mortality has improved so much in severe sepsis that it's no longer a good enough target for improving patient outcomes, a group argued. Mar 19, 2014
