Search results for "Sepsis care"
Sepsis improvement program widened disparities between white and black patients
An analysis of New York State's sepsis reporting initiative found overall improved rates of compliance with three-hour sepsis protocols, but significantly lower rates among hospitals that served more black patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/07/10/4.htm
10 Jul 2019
The frontiers of sepsis care
Physicians in Kansas improve sepsis care at critical access hospitals
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/01/success-story-sepsis-conference-coverage.htm
15 Jan 2017
Sepsis improvement efforts have reduced mortality, two studies find
One study compared sepsis mortality in New York and other states after implementation of mandated reporting, while another showed the effects of one hospital's efforts to comply with CMS performance measures.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/07/24/3.htm
24 Jul 2019
Steward your fluids
Deresuscitation may be the next step in optimizing sepsis care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/04/steward-your-fluids.htm
15 Apr 2020
April 2020
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/04/
Thiamine not associated with improved mortality in septic shock
In a retrospective observational study of more than 68,000 patients in Japan, the 28-day mortality rate was 19.2% in those who received thiamine soon after hospital admission versus 17.8% in those who did not.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/05/20/4.htm
20 May 2020
January 2019
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/01/
Dynamic measures to guide fluid resuscitation may improve outcomes in septic shock
A randomized trial assigned patients with sepsis-associated hypotension to usual care or to assessment of fluid responsiveness with a passive leg raise before a fluid bolus was given or the vasopressor dose was increased.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/05/06/3.htm
6 May 2020
Q&A: The next step in sepsis care
Patients with severe sepsis and septic shock get the best care that hospitals have to offer: rapid, intensive, protocol-based treatment.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/09/qa.htm
15 Sep 2014
CMS sepsis bundle may not improve survival, review finds
The authors expressed concern that basing hospital accreditation and reimbursement on use of SEP-1 interventions for all septic patients will transform unproven practices into universal care and potentially harm patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/02/28/3.htm
28 Feb 2018