The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has released two new tools for use in healthcare facilities, the Sepsis Prevention Assessment Tool for Nursing Homes (SPAT) and the Targeted Assessment for ...

Conducting a sepsis screening during emergency medical service transport to an emergency department reduces time to treatment. Emergency medical service screening for sepsis speeds administration of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Pregnancy-adjusted screening tools had high sepsis predictability rates for women with sepsis or ...

Two out of the four internationally-recommended screening tools used by emergency medical services are inadequate for recognizing sepsis, according to new research presented at the European Emergency ...

Barcelona, Spain: Two out of the four internationally-recommended screening tools used by emergency medical services are inadequate for recognising sepsis, according to new research presented at the ...

A study published in Anesthesia & Analgesia compared three sepsis screening tools used to diagnose sepsis during pregnancy. • The Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome, or SIRS, criteria. • The ...

In a recent study published in Scientific Reports, researchers evaluated the additional predictive value of molecular immune markers with the Predict Sepsis screening tools developed previously by the ...

Of all the life-threatening conditions hospitals battle on a daily basis, sepsis is a particularly fickle beast. Despite the difficulties associated with diagnosing this complication, healthcare ...

A woman lies in her hospital bed. Her heart rate is elevated, she has a slight fever and an elevated white blood cell count. Could this be the beginnings of sepsis, a life-threatening reaction to an ...

Health experts have launched an online tool designed to help the public understand their risk of sepsis. The potentially life-threatening condition occurs when the body’s immune system overreacts to ...