Search results for "Sepsis"
Helping sepsis survivors thrive after discharge
The Sepsis Transition and Recovery program uses virtual care to implement best practices after sepsis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/04/success-story-helping-sepsis-survivors-thrive-after-discharge.htm
15 Apr 2021
Research on strokes and readmissions in COVID-19, updated guidance from NIH and SSC
One study showed that strokes were rare in COVID-19 patients, while another didn't find any connection between fever or biomarkers before discharge and readmissions. The NIH and the Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC) updated their COVID-19 critical care recommendations.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/02/10/1.htm
10 Feb 2021
Test yourself: Sepsis
These cases and commentary, which address sepsis, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP15).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/01/ty.htm
15 Jan 2011
Nutrition, glycemic control, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/11/recent-research.htm
15 Nov 2019
Risk for poor outcomes may be higher in previously healthy patients hospitalized for sepsis
While 97.4% of patients hospitalized for community-onset sepsis had preexisting comorbid conditions, those who were healthy before admission had higher short-term mortality rates in a recent study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/01/26/free/risk-for-poor-outcomes-may-be-higher-in-previously-healthy-patients.htm
26 Jan 2022
Door-to-antibiotic time associated with one-year mortality among sepsis patients
Based on the retrospective study's findings, decreasing average door-to-antibiotic time to 1.5 hours could prevent one death for every 61 sepsis patients admitted through the ED, the authors calculated.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/02/27/2.htm
27 Feb 2019
Hospitalization rates for sepsis, septicemia have risen in U.S., CDC reports
Rates of hospitalization for sepsis and septicemia more than doubled from 2000 through 2008, according to a new data brief from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/06/29/1.htm
29 Jun 2011
New-onset afib in severe sepsis associated with stroke, death risk
Severe sepsis patients with new-onset atrial fibrillation (AF) had a higher risk of in-hospital stroke and death compared to those without AF or with preexisting AF.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/11/23/1.htm
23 Nov 2011
After general surgery, sepsis and septic shock far more common than PE, MI
After general surgery, sepsis and septic shock far more common than PE, MIOpt-out tests in ED detect slightly more patients with HIV
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/07/28/1.htm
28 Jul 2010
Latest COVID-19 trials show convalescent plasma worked, vitamin C did not
A trial of high-titer convalescent plasma in COVID-19 patients recently put on mechanical ventilation found an improvement in mortality, while another study showed that IV vitamin C did not help and might have harmed patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/11/01/free/latest-covid-19-trials-show-convalescent-plasma-worked-vitamin-c-did-not.htm
1 Nov 2023