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Socioeconomic disparities to come

AI's potential for medicine could vary dramatically from hospital to hospital.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/12/04/socioeconomic-disparities-to-come.htm
4 Dec 2024

Surviving Sepsis Campaign releases updated guidelines for hospitalized adults

Topics covered among the 93 recommendations include screening and early treatment of sepsis, hemodynamic management, ventilation, additional therapies, and long-term outcomes and goals of care. Changes include which sepsis risk scores are recommended.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/10/20/2.htm
20 Oct 2021

Sepsis and other inpatient emergencies

An intensivist offered hot tips for hospitalists during a precourse at Internal Medicine Meeting 2024.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/04/24/sepsis-and-other-inpatient-emergencies.htm
24 Apr 2024

Elevated troponin I levels during sepsis may indicate risk for postsepsis CV complications

A U.S. retrospective study looked at rates of atherosclerotic disease, atrial fibrillation, and heart failure in the year after sepsis in patients with elevated troponin I levels and no previous diagnosis of cardiovascular (CV) disease.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/06/09/2.htm
9 Jun 2021

Quality and inequalities in sepsis measurement

CMS plans to start paying for performance on SEP-1. Sepsis quality experts have concerns and suggestions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/07/10/quality-and-inequalities-in-sepsis-measurement.htm
10 Jul 2024

High-dose vitamin C not associated with improved mortality in sepsis

A systematic review and meta-analysis found that while high-dose IV vitamin C was associated with less vasopressor use and better SOFA scores, it did not appear to be linked to significant improvement in short-term mortality rates.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/09/15/4.htm
15 Sep 2021

Moderate IV fluid resuscitation associated with less sepsis mortality

An industry-funded analysis of ICU patients admitted with sepsis and septic shock found that those who received a moderate amount of IV fluid on day 1 had a 2.5% reduction in mortality compared with those treated with very low or very high amounts of fluid.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/08/28/moderate-iv-fluid-resuscitation-associated-with-less-sepsis-mortality.htm
28 Aug 2024

Proprietary sepsis prediction model not accurate in external validation study

The Epic Sepsis Model had low sensitivity and did a poor job identifying sepsis in hospitalized patients, researchers found. It also potentially increased alert fatigue, by generating alerts in 18% of hospitalized patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/06/30/3.htm
30 Jun 2021

New model risk-adjusts sepsis patients for better mortality measurement

The model includes 13 physiologic variables, two physiologic interactions, and 16 demographic and chronic health variables, the most significant being age, metastatic solid tumor, temperature, altered mental status, and platelet count, and could be used to assess sepsis care, researchers said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/07/10/new-model-risk-adjusts-sepsis-patients-for-better-mortality-measurement.htm
10 Jul 2024

CMS sepsis measure associated with increases in antibiotic use

Use of broad-spectrum antibiotics, especially in sepsis patients, went up after SEP-1 was implemented, but rates of Clostridioides difficile infection decreased.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/09/02/5.htm
2 Sep 2020

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