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Sepsis
News
 07/12/10
Principles of Source Control in the Early Management of Sepsis
Effective and timely source control is critical to the successful management of life-threatening infection. This article reviews the principles of diagnosis and source-control management, and their application to common infections that result in severe sepsis and septic shock.
07/02/10
Deadly Infections Could Be Treated with Stem Cells
Sepsis is a life-threatening medical condition that is caused by the body's response to infection.Sepsis which is often caused by a burst appendix, severe burns or pneumonia, is the No. 2 killer of patients in intensive care units in Canada and the U. S. The chief cause is multiple organ malfunction and severe lung injury, both tied for first place.
05/24/10
Doctors Guide
Good resource of updated sepsis material. You can sign up free or; under Unregistered User,select sepsis as the channel.
05/06/10
Merinoff Symposium 2010: Sepsis—An International Call to Action
The Merinoff will be presented by the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research (FIMR) and co-hosted by the World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine (WFSICCM), the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies (WFPICCS), the International Sepsis Forum (ISF), and the Sepsis Alliance (SA).
03/10/10
'Lost Boys' star Corey Haim dies at 38
Haim was not feeling well Tuesday night and was running a low-grade fever, he said. The actor went into his mother's bedroom and asked her to lie down by him, Heaslip said. He told his mother he was having trouble breathing, and his mother told him to roll on his side, he said. He began to feel better, but at midnight he woke his mother by walking around the bedroom and then collapsed.
03/06/10
Red Flags of Serious Infection in Children
A review identifies four "red flags" that may help identify serious infection in children presenting in ambulatory care settings, but the authors say that the signs are inadequate by themselves. The analysis was published in the Lancet.
Using 30 studies done in developed countries, analysts identified cyanosis, rapid breathing, poor peripheral perfusion, and petechial rash as strong predictors of infection (all had positive likelihood ratios of 5 or more). Parental concern and clinical instinct also rated high. Common signs such as cough, vomiting, and diarrhea had lower value. In ruling out infection, the authors found the Yale Observation Scale "disappointing."
The authors say their study "highlights the nature and difficulty of the diagnostic task" in children.
02/24/10
Rapid Medical Relief — Project Medishare and the Haitian Earthquake
By 72 hours, we began to see deaths from sepsis. Open wounds that had not been sufficiently treated resulted in wet gangrene. To contain the situation, we used an aggressive strategy, with amputations of irreversibly injured limbs, open surgical débridement of wounds, and the administration of broad-spectrum intravenous antibiotics.
02/23/10
Hospital-Acquired Sepsis, Pneumonia a "Growing Menace"
TUESDAY, Feb. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Sepsis and pneumonia caused by hospital-acquired infections killed 48,000 people and led to $8.1 billion in increased health care costs in the United States in 2006, says a new study by a project called Extending the Cure.
02/22/10
Alexander Haig Dies of Infection
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Alexander Haig, a former Army general who became White House chief of staff during the Watergate scandal and secretary of state during the Reagan administration, died Saturday at the age of 85.
12/22/09
Spotting sepsis.
Whether it's from our growing resistance to antibiotics or an increase in invasive medical procedures, sepsis deaths are on the rise in the US ...
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