Search results for "Sepsis"
Caring for sepsis survivors
Risks of sepsis, including mortality, functional and cognitive impairment, and mental health problems, continue long after discharge.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/04/caring-for-sepsis-survivors.htm
15 Apr 2018
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
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/
Risk factors known during critical care admission linked to long-term mortality after sepsis
Older age, male sex, presence of one or more severe comorbidities, prehospitalization dependency, and nonsurgical (medical) status were associated with increased risk of long-term mortality.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/06/05/2.htm
5 Jun 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
New score predicts risk of stroke within a year of sepsis hospitalization
Coagulopathy was the most significant predictor of stroke after sepsis or bloodstream infection, associated with a threefold increase in ischemic stroke and a sevenfold increase in hemorrhagic stroke within a year.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/03/27/4.htm
27 Mar 2019
July 2008
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/07/
November 2017
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/11/
Restrictive or individualized fluid resuscitation may work for severe sepsis, studies find
A pilot trial looked at the effects of giving no more than 60 mL/kg of IV fluid in the first 72 hours, while a post-hoc analysis compared baseline lactate and base excess with outcomes from sepsis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/04/24/2.htm
24 Apr 2019