Search results for "Sepsis"
Surviving Sepsis Campaign adopts Sepsis-3 definition
If physicians do not follow severe sepsis management measure definitions, a deficiency in the quality of care for severe sepsis management could be reported to the CDC and CMS.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/04/coding-surviving-sepsis-campaign.htm
15 Apr 2017
At a year, after-effects of COVID-19 hospitalization other than VTE similar to flu, sepsis
Compared to patients hospitalized with flu or sepsis, those with COVID-19 had increased risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE), stroke, depression, and anxiety in the 30 days after discharge, but over a year, only the risk for VTE was significantly elevated.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/06/28/free/at-a-year-after-effects-of-covid-19-hospitalization-other-than-vte-similar-to-flu-sepsis.htm
28 Jun 2023
December 2012
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/12/
March 2019
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/03/
Using a threshold of 2 SIRS criteria to define severe sepsis may not be adequate, study finds
Requiring 2 or more systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) criteria to define severe sepsis may result in exclusion of seriously ill patients, according to a new study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/03/25/2.htm
25 Mar 2015
May 2019
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/05/
May 2011
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/05/
November 2008
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/11/
Sepsis-3: The world turned upside down
New definitions of sepsis and septic shock represent a radical departure from previous criteria.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/03/coding-sepsis-confusing-part-2.htm
15 Mar 2016
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