Early communication regarding prognosis and goals of care is crucial to ensuring a patient-centred approach to managing high-risk conditions such as septic shock. Identifying people at risk of poor ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “Even though septic shock is a well-recognized deadly condition, our study, one of the first to use the Sepsis-3 ...

A Texas woman who nearly lost her life after giving birth was reunited at home this month with her now-4-month-old daughter and 2-year-old son. Krystina Pacheco, 29, of Pleasanton, Texas, gave birth ...

Study Objectives: To determine possible differences in morbidity and mortality between early and late onset of septic shock in ICU patients. Design: Systematic data collection. Setting: Thirty-one–bed ...

Objectives: To determine the current mortality rates for pediatric patients with septic shock and the frequency and outcome of associated multiple organ system failure. Design: Retrospective chart ...

“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 ...

A Korean/U.S. collaborative study has shown that increased circulating mitochondrial N-formyl peptide (mtFP) contributes to development of secondary hospital-acquired (nosocomial) infections and ...

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 ...

Patients with heart failure frequently suffer from fluid overload, and for those with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) also suffering from septic shock—a condition often treated ...

We randomly assigned patients with septic shock who were undergoing mechanical ventilation to receive hydrocortisone (at a dose of 200 mg per day) or placebo for 7 days or until death or discharge ...