Respiratory disorder taking on new focus during COVID-19 as researchers look into the causes of ARDS Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have found that interleukin 1 beta, a protein known to activate immune responses, can disrupt signaling proteins, one of the…
Every day patients are admitted into hospitals with the diagnosis of sepsis. Sepsis affects over 1.5 million people annually in the U.S. and is the leading cause of hospital mortality and critical illness worldwide(1). Sepsis is not a new diagnosis. It’s one we have…
Discovery follows study of nearly 64,000 EHRs Using intricate computer algorithms, University of Pittsburgh (UPMC) researchers mined the electronic health records (EHRs) of almost 64,000 patients to derive four phenotypes of sepsis, marked by demographics, lab values, and outcomes. More research is needed to…
Updated guidelines may help nurses identify sepsis quicker and treat it more efficiently Consider a scenario that is all too familiar: You arrive for your regular shift in the medical intensive care unit (MICU). One of your patients is a previously healthy, 45-year-old female…
It wasn’t a punch that fatally KO’d heavyweight champion Mohammed Ali. It was an opponent tougher than anyone he’d faced in the ring: sepsis. Earlier this year, Academy Award-winning actress Patty Duke, then 69, also died after developing sepsis secondary to a ruptured intestine.…
A strategic systemwide initiative reduced patient mortality by more than 60% Sepsis is a life-threatening condition defined as a systemic inflammatory response to infection. Without early recognition and prompt treatment, a patient with sepsis will decline and proceed through the sepsis continuum. This includes deterioration…
Sutter Health speeds up response times and lowers mortality Sutter Health in Northern California knew sepsis was a concern. Of the patients who died in its hospitals, 48% had some kind of sepsis, the No. 1 killer of hospital inpatients in this country (Sutter…
The Rapid Response/Sepsis Innovations Team at MedStar Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C., consists of nurses, physicians, and information systems specialists who are part of MI2, our Corporate Innovations group. By providing a better way to identify, qualify and quantify patients who are in…
Sepsis is a major threat to hospitalized patients. As the leading cause of hospital mortality, medical professionals need to be on alert for the signs of sepsis. At Baylor University Hospital in Dallas, a nurse-driven sepsis protocol has made major strides in reducing sepsis…
A life-threatening complication of an infection, sepsis can happen to anyone. Like 12-year-old Rory Staunton, who received a minor cut on his arm in gym class and died four days later in the ICU from severe septic shock brought on by an unnoticed bloodstream…
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