Search results for "Sepsis"
New CMS specialty code and more on Sepsis-3
This column discusses the new CMS specialty code for hospital medicine and developments in sepsis criteria.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/06/coding-CMS-specialty-code-sepsis.htm
15 Jun 2016
Prior antibiotic use associated with higher mortality in Gram-negative sepsis inpatients
Recent antibiotic use is associated with greater hospital mortality in patients with severe sepsis or septic shock attributed to Gram-negative bacteremia, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/07/27/3.htm
27 Jul 2011
Updated sepsis guidelines released
The 2012 Surviving Sepsis Guidelines Committee officially released updated guidelines for managing severe sepsis and septic shock during the Society of Critical Care Medicine's 42nd Congress last week.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/01/30/1.htm
30 Jan 2013
For fluid resuscitation in sepsis, lower death rates with Ringer's acetate vs. HES 130/0.4
Severe sepsis patients who received Ringer's acetate for fluid resuscitation were less likely to die at 90 days than those who received hydroxyethyl starch (HES) 130/0.4, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/07/04/3.htm
4 Jul 2012
Sepsis is still confusing
Diagnostic criteria are often misapplied.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/02/coding-sepsis-confusing-part-1.htm
15 Feb 2016
Sepsis and fluid management
Early, aggressive fluid use can mitigate effects of tissue hypoperfusion.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/04/expert.htm
15 Apr 2012
Opt-out protocol increased antibiotic discontinuations in suspected sepsis
Inpatients on broad-spectrum antibiotics despite negative blood cultures were screened with a 23-item safety check and then randomized to usual care or messages to their prescribing clinicians encouraging discontinuation of antibiotics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/10/05/opt-out-protocol-increased-antibiotic-discontinuations-in-suspected-sepsis.htm
5 Oct 2022
Myocardial infarction
Be sure to distinguish between type 1 and type 2 when documenting care for a patient with acute myocardial infarction.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/06/28/myocardial-infarction.htm
28 Jun 2023
Position paper calls on CMS to revise plan to pay for sepsis performance
Paying hospitals based on the SEP-1 bundle would divert attention and resources from more effective ways to provide comprehensive sepsis care, said medical groups including the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the Society of Hospital Medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/10/25/position-paper-calls-on-cms-to-revise-plan-to-pay-for-sepsis-performance.htm
25 Oct 2023
The frontiers of sepsis care
Physicians in Kansas improve sepsis care at critical access hospitals
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/01/success-story-sepsis-conference-coverage.htm
15 Jan 2017