Pediatrics

New criteria for sepsis in children based on organ dysfunction

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 developing and validating new ...

Medical economics

Blood poisoning keeping many people out of work

A few years ago, the World Health Organization estimated that blood poisoning, or sepsis, is involved in 1 in 5 deaths around the world; 11 million people die from sepsis each year, of which nearly 3 million are children.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Study links deprivation with risk of dying from sepsis

The most socioeconomically deprived groups in society are nearly twice as likely to die from sepsis within 30 days, researchers from The University of Manchester have found.

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