Here are eight stories from Becker's Clinical Leadership & Infection Control on sepsis, the life-threatening condition that affects more than 1 million U.S. patients each year, starting with the most recent.
1. Harvard, Boston Children's scientists develop model to improve sepsis treatment
Scientists at the Wyss Institute at Cambridge, Mass.-based Harvard University and Boston Children's Hospital are developing a model for clinical monitoring designed to measure sepsis responses in pigs.
2. Drug designed to boost immune cells shows promise against sepsis
A new drug designed to improve the creation and survival of two types of immune cells was associated with a stronger immune system response to sepsis.
3. Number of sepsis survivors at risk for readmission rose 5.1% over 6-year period
Researchers examined trends in sepsis survivorship and readmission rates after hospitalizations for sepsis and found the proportion of discharged patients at risk for readmission after sepsis increased from 2.7 percent in 2010 to 7.8 percent 2015.
4. Study: Certain types of gut bacteria could aid creation of new sepsis treatments
Researchers believe some gut microbes — known to produce antibodies that can help block bacterial infections — could aid in the development of new sepsis treatments.
5. This Seattle hospital aims to get sepsis patients on antibiotics within 3 hours — here's how
Seattle-based Harborview Medical Center relies on an automated sepsis-detection system — supported by the cohesive integration of nurses and technology — that seeks to treat potential sepsis patients within three hours of detection.
6. How one hospital's 60-second test prevents pediatric flu, sepsis deaths
Children's Hospital of Richmond (Va.) at VCU Health implemented mandatory sepsis screenings in the emergency department for all patients with a fever — an effort that has significantly decreased the hospital's potentially deadly sepsis cases.
7. Emory researchers use AI to predict sepsis onset in ICUs
A team of researchers from Atlanta-based Emory University developed an artificial intelligence algorithm to predict a patient's likelihood of developing sepsis in real time.
8. 3 ways to improve post-hospitalization sepsis care
Medical researchers from the University of Pittsburgh (Pa.) and the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor reviewed medical literature, along with studies and clinical trials on sepsis survivorship, to develop an evidence-based approach for managing post-hospitalization sepsis.