Throughout Cleveland Clinic’s healthcare system, a protocol known as “code sepsis” allows physicians to diagnose and treat the infection before it becomes life threatening. The hospital’s standardized ...

HOUSTON – Sepsis is the body’s extreme response to an infection. It causes organ damage and death. In a typical year, at least 1.7 million adults in the U.S. develop sepsis, and at least 350,000 die ...

Sepsis is a life-threatening condition arising from the body’s overreactive response against an infection, leading it to injure its own tissues and organs. The first known reference to “sepsis” dates ...

Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn., and the Nashville Veterans Affairs Medical Center have identified thousands of genes that are altered in the lungs and kidneys ...

COVER THOSE BILLS. FIVE ON YOUR HEALTH TONIGHT, PROTECTING HOSPITAL PATIENTS FROM SEPSIS. THE DEADLY CONDITION KILLS AS MANY AS 350,000 AMERICANS EVERY YEAR. AND THAT INCLUDES KIDS. THAT’S A SIZABLE ...

Sepsis is the leading cause of death worldwide according to the World Health Organization, killing 11 million people each year, many of them children, and disabling many more. But while speedy ...

Bacterial, fungal and viral infections can lead to sepsis and septic shock. The condition can occur from infections acquired while an individual is hospitalised, however, it can also occur from ...

Sepsis is a medical emergency. It can lead to organ failure and death. The earlier a person receives treatment, the more likely they are to survive. Sepsis occurs when the immune system has an extreme ...