Search results for "Sepsis"
Elevations in troponin T levels, but not changes, associated with mortality in sepsis patients
The results call into question the value of serial troponin T testing in patients with severe sepsis and septic shock, the study authors said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/09/20/1.htm
20 Sep 2017
December 2015
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https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/12/
Uptick in sepsis cases may be caused in part by changes in coding, reimbursement
The study found that the acute rise in sepsis in California may be explained at least in part by new CMS guidance regarding ICD-9 coding in 2003 and the introduction of Medical Severity Diagnosis-Related Group (MS-DRG) systems in 2007.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/01/27/3.htm
27 Jan 2016
May 10, 2023
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https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/05/10/
Early warning systems helped in hospitals' sepsis care
Multiple studies evaluated strategies to detect critical illness, particularly sepsis, in non-ICU patients, in a supplement to the November Journal of Hospital Medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/11/09/2.htm
9 Nov 2016
December 2020
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https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/12/
Earlier renal replacement therapy didn't provide benefit for patients with sepsis and AKI
The trial was stopped for futility after it found that providing renal replacement therapy within 12 hours of documented severe acute kidney injury (AKI) did not reduce 90-day mortality.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/10/17/4.htm
17 Oct 2018
April 2021
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https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/04/
Fever treatment does not improve 28-day mortality in critically ill adults with sepsis, review finds
One hypothesis for the decrease in early (and not later) mortality is that controlling fever blunts the immunologic benefit of hyperthermia, leading to increased nosocomial infections later in the hospital course, the study authors speculated.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/03/01/2.htm
1 Mar 2017
May 2020
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https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/05/