Sepsis is one of many health challenges we can encounter as humans, but perhaps one we don’t speak about enough. At a minimum, 1.7 million American adults get sepsis yearly, according to the Centers ...

Sepsis—the leading cause of mortality in children around the world—can present with a wide range of signs and symptoms, making a one-size-fits-all treatment strategy ineffective. Pursuing a precision ...

Clinician-scientists from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago were among a diverse, international group of experts tasked by the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) with ...

An international research team led by Tell Bennett, MD, MS, professor of biomedical informatics and pediatric critical care at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, released new diagnostic ...

The Children’s Hospital Association has created a resource to support hospitals with early identification and treatment of sepsis among pediatric patients. The “change package” resource was created ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Sepsis mortality among children was 1.65% at one hospital, just over half of the rate for Black children alone.

Sepsis is a serious condition that can become life-threatening if not treated quickly. It happens when the body reacts to an infection in a way that harms its own organs, such as the heart, lungs or ...

More accurate measures are needed to help diagnose children with sepsis as a current clinical tool is failing to detect those requiring hospital care, according to a new study. The research, led by ...

A team of U.S. and international pediatric medical experts developed a new definition of sepsis in children at the Society for Critical Care Medicine’s 2024 Critical Care Congress being held in ...

Globally, sepsis infection is the leading cause of death in children, taking more than 3.4 million lives per year, according to the Sepsis Alliance — and 85% of these deaths occur before age 5. Sepsis ...