Critical Care
News
More than 16% of ED sepsis patients not admitted to hospital
Clinical
Steroids do not reduce mortality in patients with septic shock
Among patients with septic shock undergoing mechanical ventilation, does hydrocortisone reduce 90-day mortality?
News
Biomarker duo rapidly identifies serious bacterial infections
MALMO, SWEDEN – Serum procalcitonin/CRP combo facilitates early diagnosis, predicts outcome.
Public Policy
CMS sepsis measure a challenge to report
The Sepsis CMS Core Measure program, or SEP-1, has not been embraced by everyone.
News
Severity of sepsis-associated coagulopathy predicts hospital mortality
This study outlines a simplified classification scheme for coagulopathy with implications that are potentially “profound.”
HM18
Antibiotic stewardship in sepsis
Antibiotic use is the most important modifiable factor related to development of antibiotic resistance.
News
Simple bedside tool effectively detected sepsis in the ED
An innovative measurement was successful in detecting sepsis.
News
Delays in lactate measurement ups mortality risk in sepsis patients
Delays in lactate measurement meant delays in treatment.
News
In-hospital mortality predictors eyed in pneumonia patient subset
About one in four intubated or mechanically ventilated patients with gram-negative pneumonia die during hospitalization, results from a large...
Clinical
The hospitalist as intensivist
What roles, training, and support do hospitalists have and perceive in the intensive care unit?