Search results for "Sepsis"
Longer antibiotic delay intervals associated with hospital mortality in patients with suspected sepsis
While both time from ED triage to antibiotic order and time from antibiotic order to infusion were associated with increased hospital mortality, this was true only for longer delays, indicating that a one-hour antibiotic administration target may be too aggressive, study authors said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/02/24/5.htm
24 Feb 2021
March 1, 2023
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https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/03/01/
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
February 1, 2023
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Vitamin C infusion did not affect organ function or biomarkers in sepsis and ARDS
Patients with sepsis and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) who received vitamin C did have a lower rate of 28-day mortality, one of very few secondary outcomes to show a difference compared to placebo.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/10/09/1.htm
9 Oct 2019
Position paper calls on CMS to revise plan to pay for sepsis performance
Paying hospitals based on the SEP-1 bundle would divert attention and resources from more effective ways to provide comprehensive sepsis care, said medical groups including the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the Society of Hospital Medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/10/25/position-paper-calls-on-cms-to-revise-plan-to-pay-for-sepsis-performance.htm
25 Oct 2023
June 22, 2022
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https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/06/22/
Most inpatients with sepsis did not have antibiotic-resistant pathogens, but two-thirds received broad-spectrum therapy
After detailed risk adjustment, both inadequate and unnecessarily broad empiric antibiotic therapy were associated with higher mortality in patients admitted with culture-positive community-onset sepsis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/04/22/3.htm
22 Apr 2020
Acute kidney injury
Documenting acute kidney injury frequently requires assessing the trajectory of a patient's creatinine levels.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/17/acute-kidney-injury.htm
17 Jan 2024
Use of dialysis in sepsis varies widely without difference in mortality rates
Costs were significantly higher with increasing renal replacement therapy rates, and the results suggest that the therapy may be overused in patients with sepsis, the study authors said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/12/13/3.htm
13 Dec 2017