Sepsis is a dangerous condition that develops from your body reacting to an uncontrolled infection. Your body’s response to the infection becomes so extreme that
Sepsis misdiagnosis can and does occur in the emergency department and in similar situations like urgent care clinics (UCC). How, though, how does sepsis misdiagnosis
A patient may be hospitalized for many different conditions that do not involve sepsis. Unfortunately, while there it is not unusual for him or her
If you have never heard of sepsis before, count yourself lucky. September is Sepsis Awareness Month, and the World Health Organization has recently published its
A recent study highlights the conflict between physicians who want to treat sepsis patients immediately, versus those who want lab work done prior to treatment.
Health care entities continue to try and improve care and outcomes for patients with sepsis.
A recent study showed that those who survive sepsis, especially younger patients, had a substantially increased risk of seizures long after discharge from the hospital.
Engineering experts at Johns Hopkins University are using artificial intelligence (AI) to scour the date entered into electronic medical records of hospital patients, looking for subtle trends that could signal the onset of sepsis.
New "Sepsis-3" Guidelines are intended to improve definitions used in the diagnosis of sepsis. However, such changes have the potential to complicate the jobs of health care providers, and complicate a plaintiff attorney’s ability to bring a case alleging a failure to diagnose and/or treat sepsis.
On June 3, 2016, Muhammad Ali, the “Greatest of All Time” died. As most people know, Muhammad Ali had been battling Parkinson’s disease for decades.
