Johns Hopkins University researchers have shown that hospitals can more accurately classify sepsis patients into four distinct categories that prioritize early interventions for those at the highest ...

Clinical guidelines support lower blood pressure targets and active volume removal to mitigate fluid overload in older sepsis ...

Intravenous thiamine supplementation causes a decline in renal replacement therapy (RRT) requirement in patients with septic shock, particularly in those with thiamine deficiency. Patients receiving ...

A multi-institutional research team has demonstrated how AI and machine learning can optimize therapy selection and dosing for septic shock, a life-threatening complication that is the leading cause ...

Vasopressin caught fire as an adjunct vasopressor for sepsis about 20 years ago. The rationale was that septic patients are vasopressin deficient, at least relatively, and they require exogenous ...

The loss of memory and cognitive function known to afflict survivors of septic shock is the result of a sugar that is released into the blood stream and enters the brain during the life-threatening ...

A meta-analysis has attempted to settle the controversy over the use of corticosteroids in sepsis and septic shock. The findings, based on pooled trial data from more than 2,000 patients, suggest that ...

Profound vasoconstriction in the peripheral circulation is the normal response to conditions in which the arterial pressure is too low for adequate tissue perfusion, such as acute hemorrhagic or ...

Ashley Park revealed that she spent the end of December and beginning of January grappling with sepsis after a bout of tonsillitis worsened. “As I sit her processing and recovering from the first few ...

When an infection isn’t treated properly or rages out of control, your immune system can go haywire (for reasons doctors don't fully understand), causing you to develop sepsis, a life-threatening ...

“Emily in Paris” star Ashley Park is recovering after a scary bout of septic shock landed her in the hospital over the holidays. The 32-year-old actress recently shared on Instagram that “what started ...