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Statin Use Linked to Reduced Mortality for Patients With Sepsis
THURSDAY, June 12, 2025 – For critically ill adults with sepsis, statin use is associated with reduced mortality, according to a study published online June 5 in Frontiers in Immunology. Caifeng Li,...
Statins Appear Effective In Treating Sepsis
TUESDAY, June 10, 2025 — Statins are a gold-standard treatment for lowering cholesterol, but a new study shows the inexpensive drugs could provide another life-saving service. Patients with sepsis a...
Tiny Baby’s Life-Threatening Wound Healed With Fish Skin
TUESDAY, June 3, 2025 — When Eliana DeVos plays with her Ariel doll, her mom can’t help but get emotional. “I call her my little mermaid,” Krystal DeVos, who lives in Corpus Christi, Texas, told CNN. ...
Severe Infections Double Risk of Heart Failure
MONDAY, Feb. 3, 2025 – Landing in the hospital with COVID or the flu can put your heart health at dire risk, a new study suggests. Adults hospitalized for a severe infection are more than twice as...
Electronic Sepsis Screening Reduces 90-Day In-Hospital Mortality
TUESDAY, Dec. 17, 2024 – Electronic sepsis screening among hospitalized ward patients reduces 90-day in-hospital mortality compared with no screening, according to a study published online Dec. 10...
Sepsis Care Guided by Daily Procalcitonin Cuts Antibiotic Duration
MONDAY, Dec. 16, 2024 – Sepsis care guided by measurement of procalcitonin (PCT) reduces antibiotic duration safely compared with standard care, according to a study published online Dec. 9 in the...
Antibiotics for Seven Days Noninferior for Bloodstream Infection
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 27, 2024 – Antibiotic treatment for seven days is noninferior to 14 days for hospitalized patients with bloodstream infection, according to a study published online Nov. 20 in the...
IDSA: Antibiotics for Seven Days Feasible for Patients Hospitalized With Bloodstream Infections
MONDAY, Oct. 21, 2024 – Treating hospitalized patients with bloodstream infections with antibiotics for seven days is noninferior to treating for 14 days, according to a study presented at the...
IDSA: 1999 to 2019 Saw Decrease in Sepsis-Related Mortality Rate in Children
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 16, 2024 – From 1999 to 2019, there was a decrease in the sepsis-related mortality rate (SRMR) in children overall and across demographic groups, according to findings presented at...
Half of Patients Admitted to an ED for Sepsis Died Within Two Years
THURSDAY, Oct. 17, 2024 -- In a recent study, half of all patients with sepsis admitted to an emergency department died within two years, but the predictive ability of a model was poor, according to ...
Half of Patients With Sepsis Die Within 2 Years, Hospital Study Finds
TUESDAY, Oct. 15, 2024 – Half of people who develop blood poisoning, otherwise known as sepsis, are dead within a couple of years, a new study finds. A little more than 50% of patients admitted to...
Readmission Varies With Discharge Setting for Adult Sepsis Survivors
THURSDAY, Sept. 5, 2024 – The risk for 30-day readmission is high for adult sepsis survivors discharged to skilled nursing facilities, home health care, and home, according to a study published in...
Sepsis Survivors Remain in Danger of Re-Hospitalization
MONDAY, Sept. 2, 2024 – If you're lucky enough to survive a battle with the bloodstream infection sepsis, risks of a recurrence that sends you back to hospital within a month remain high, new data...
Prolonged β-Lactam Antibiotic Infusions Aid Sepsis, Septic Shock Outcomes
FRIDAY, June 14, 2024 – Among adults in the intensive care unit with sepsis or septic shock, the use of prolonged β-lactam antibiotic infusions is associated with lower risk of 90-day mortality ...