Search results for "Sepsis"
Current tools insufficient to guide anticoagulation decisions for new-onset AF in sepsis
The most commonly used stroke risk calculator does not predict postsepsis stroke and should not be used to guide decisions about anticoagulation among patients with new-onset atrial fibrillation (AF) and sepsis, a new study concluded.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/04/17/current-tools-insufficient-to-guide-anticoagulation-decisions-for-new-onset-af-in-sepsis.htm
17 Apr 2024
Goal-concordant care frequently not provided for sepsis patients, even when documented
In a retrospective study, 60% of patients who had survived sepsis did not have goals of care assessed before hospital discharge, and among those who did, 32% did not receive goal-concordant care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/10/27/3.htm
27 Oct 2021
January 2011
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New score predicts sepsis survivors' risk of unplanned rehospitalization or death in first year after discharge
The validated score, which uses eight risk factors, may help inform prognosis discussions, trial design, and follow-up care of adult patients surviving to hospital discharge after a critical care unit admission for sepsis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/09/23/2.htm
23 Sep 2020
Treatment in disproportionately minority hospitals linked to increased sepsis mortality
Compared to patients treated for sepsis at nonminority hospitals, those who received care at hospitals disproportionately serving the black and Hispanic communities had a 4% and 9% higher risk of mortality, respectively, regardless of their race.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/05/06/4.htm
6 May 2020
January 2017
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October 25, 2023
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CMS sepsis measure associated with increases in antibiotic use
Use of broad-spectrum antibiotics, especially in sepsis patients, went up after SEP-1 was implemented, but rates of Clostridioides difficile infection decreased.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/09/02/5.htm
2 Sep 2020
January 19, 2022
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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