Sepsis is a life-threatening condition that occurs when the body’s immune system has an extreme response to an infection.

A team of U.S. and international pediatric medical experts developed a new definition of sepsis in children at the Society for Critical Care Medicine’s 2024 Critical Care Congress being held in ...

July 3, 2002 - A survey of more than 1,000 physicians in Europe and the United States illustrates the need for a standardized definition of sepsis, according to the Society of Critical Care Medicine ...

An international research team led by Tell Bennett, MD, MS, professor of biomedical informatics and pediatric critical care at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, released new diagnostic ...

A locally trained model predicted sepsis early among hospitalized patients, with moderate accuracy, high false-positive rates, and modest lead times that varied with the definition of sepsis used, ...

Globally, sepsis infection is the leading cause of death in children, taking more than 3.4 million lives per year, according to the Sepsis Alliance — and 85% of these deaths occur before age 5. Sepsis ...

Hidden bacterial tactics: Studies show pathogens like E. coli and Staphylococcus aureus split into subpopulations with different survival strategies, making infections harder to treat. New treatment ...

Clinician-scientists from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago were among a diverse, international group of experts tasked by the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) with ...

Neutropenic sepsis is a body-wide reaction that can occur when a person with an infection or injury also has a low level of immune cells called neutrophils. Neutropenic sepsis is a medical emergency ...