Purpose. The efficacy and safety of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) in critically ill patients with severe sepsis or septic shock were evaluated. Summary. The medical literature was ...

Amanda Ruth, MD; Courtney E. McCracken, PhD; James D. Fortenberry, MD, MCCM; Matthew Hall, PhD; Harold K. Simon, MD, MBA; Kiran B. Hebbar, MD, FCCM ...

Each year, 1.7 million adults in the United States develop sepsis. It can be fatal in approximately one out of five patients, ...

The following is a summary of “Adjudication of codes for identifying sepsis in hospital administrative data by expert ...

Sepsis is a life-threatening response from the body's immune system which causes organs to dysfunction and can lead to septic ...

A mother said that her 13-year-old daughter died in pain from sepsis in hospital because of a “pervasive belief” in the NHS ...

Sepsis occurs when the body overreacts to an infection, setting off a chain of events that leads to tissue damage and organ failure. Referred to in the report as "the final common pathway to death" ...

Chloe Longster died from sepsis after being taken to hospital with what her parents thought was just an infection ...

Opportunities were missed to save the life of a 13-year-old girl who asked to be put to sleep due to ‘unbearable’ pain before ...