Neonatal sepsis is a leading cause of infant morbidity and mortality in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), yet despite ...

In the article, “Vital signs as physiomarkers of neonatal sepsis” by Sullivan and Fairchild, 4 the authors have reviewed “signature” patterned pathophysiologic changes in heart rate, respiration, and ...

Sepsis is one of the most commonly encountered pathologies in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. 1 Many infants with sepsis develop ...

Sepsis leads to life-threatening organ failure due to dysregulated host responses to infection and presents uniquely across age groups. Neonatal sepsis, affecting infants in their first 28 days, ...

A major multi-country study has found that WHO-recommended first-line antibiotics for neonatal sepsis are likely to be effective in only one-quarter of infections in low- and middle-income countries ...

Hospital patients are at risk of a number of life-threatening complications, especially sepsis—a condition that can kill within hours and contributes to one out of three in-hospital deaths in the U.S.

"Until meningitis is ruled out through lumbar puncture, septic very-low-birth-weight infants at high risk of mortality should receive empiric antimicrobials with high delivery through the blood-brain ...

LISBON, Portugal — A shift toward broader-spectrum antibiotics and increasing antibiotic resistance has led to high levels of mortality and neurodevelopmental impacts in surviving babies, according to ...

Sepsis is a deadly reaction to infection, one that can cause runaway inflammation and a cascade of organ damage. It is estimated to kill at least 350,000 Americans per year. Early detection of this ...

The biggest electronic health record company in the United States, Epic Systems, claims it can solve a major problem for hospitals: identifying signs of sepsis, an often deadly complication from ...