Search results for "Sepsis"
Mortality higher in severe sepsis patients whose procalcitonin doesn't go down
The study evaluated the relationship between 28-day mortality and a procalcitonin decrease of more than 80% between baseline and hospital day 4 in ICU patients with severe sepsis or septic shock.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/03/15/2.htm
15 Mar 2017
June 21, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/06/21/
Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines updated
Changes to the guidelines include a shift away from early goal-directed therapy in favor of hemodynamic assessment to guide fluid administration after the initial fluid bolus.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/01/25/1.htm
25 Jan 2017
February 2009
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/02/
Faster antibiotics, full sepsis bundle associated with lower inpatient mortality
Overall, 82.5% of patients in the New York State registry got the recommended bundle, which included blood cultures, broad-spectrum antibiotics, and lactate measurement, within three hours.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/05/24/2.htm
24 May 2017
June 28, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/06/28/
October 5, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/10/05/
Spouses of severe sepsis patients are at risk of depression, study finds
Spouses of patients with severe sepsis may benefit from depression screening and support, particularly wives, a new study suggests.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/08/01/3.htm
1 Aug 2012
February 16, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/02/16/
Prognostic value of sepsis criteria compared in ED and ICU
The qSOFA score was a better predictor than SIRS in the emergency department, while SOFA was more predictive than SIRS or qSOFA in the intensive care unit.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/01/25/2.htm
25 Jan 2017