Because patient with more medical problems are more likely to develop sepsis than relatively healthy patients, clinicians don't know if sepsis increases the risk of late death — defined as a death ...

In the race to help the patient, every hour counts, so it is all the more important to know the signs in order to act quickly.Health experts have come up with four simple steps to help you avoid ...

According to a recent large, multi-country clinical trial, the risk of postpartum sepsis and death in women who plan to deliver vaginally can be reduced by one-third by administering a single dose of ...

A 45-year-old dad checked into Bassetlaw Hospital in Workshop, England, in November 2022. The unidentified man reportedly had ...

Nephrostomy tube placement, a common procedure for malignant urinary obstruction, carries a notable risk of infection and death in oncology patients. A recent retrospective cohort study has ...

Sepsis is the body's extreme response to an infection. It affects approximately 1.7 million adults in the United States each year and potentially contributes to more than 250,000 deaths. When ...

Half of all patients with sepsis admitted to an emergency medical department died within two years, according to Danish researchers investigating factors that could predict outcomes for these patients ...

Our immune system has to be able to rapidly mount a response to pathogenic invaders, wounds, and other injuries. But it also has to be carefully controlled. When the body overreacts to an infection, ...

Sepsis is a life-threatening condition arising from the body’s overreactive response against an infection, leading it to injure its own tissues and organs. The first known reference to “sepsis” dates ...

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Even when patients survive an episode of sepsis, it’s not uncommon for them to die in the months or years afterward. The trend prompted researchers from the University of Michigan Health System in Ann ...