Search results for "Sepsis"
April 2018
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/04/
Study affirms recommendations to collect blood cultures before initiating antimicrobial therapy for sepsis
Although early treatment is key in sepsis management, obtaining blood cultures after initiation of empirical antimicrobial treatment reduces culture sensitivity, a diagnostic study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/09/18/2.htm
18 Sep 2019
April 2017
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/04/
More initial fluid didn't worsen outcomes in sepsis patients with heart, kidney, or liver disease
High-risk patients who received an IV crystalloid dosage of 30 mL/kg or more in the first six hours after sepsis diagnosis, as recommended by guidelines, had similar rates of respiratory failure as those who got less fluid, a retrospective study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/10/23/4.htm
23 Oct 2019
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/
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
January 26, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/01/26/
No association seen between red blood cell transfusion, mortality in sepsis
Receiving a transfusion was associated with higher risk of ICU-acquired infection and severe hypoxemia among the study cohort of French ICU patients with sepsis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/09/20/2.htm
20 Sep 2017
March 2015
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/03/
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