Here’s what sepsis is, what causes it and how it’s treated if it affects you or someone you love.

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 ...

Although practice guidelines such as those from SurvivingSepsis.org have helped to reduce mortality and complications, sepsis ...

July 3, 2002 - A survey of more than 1,000 physicians in Europe and the United States illustrates the need for a standardized definition of sepsis, according to the Society of Critical Care Medicine ...

While our immune systems typically do a great job containing pathogens and clearing infections, they can occasionally ...

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 ...

Neutropenic sepsis is a body-wide reaction that can occur when a person with an infection or injury also has a low level of immune cells called neutrophils. Neutropenic sepsis is a medical emergency ...

Drawing a blank? You’re excused for your ignorance. Fewer than half of all Americans have ever heard of this medical condition, according to a survey conducted last year by the Sepsis Alliance, an ...

Sepsis is a life-threatening immune response to infection that leads to organ dysfunction, which is what happens in seriously ill COVID-19 patients, expert says. Seriously ill COVID-19 patients are ...