Severe sepsis is a leading cause of death in the United States and the most common cause
of death among critically ill patients in non-coronary intensive care units (ICU). Respiratory …

By shortening the time to pathogen identification and allowing for detection of organisms
missed by blood culture, new molecular methods may provide clinical benefits for the …

Background: Severe sepsis is a common and costly problem. Although consistently defined
clinically by consensus conference since 1991, there have been several different …

Objectives: To monitor the frequency of sepsis visits in US emergency departments and
assess the appropriateness of antibiotic utilization. Design: We analyzed data from the …

Severe sepsis is associated with high short-term mortality. Several studies suggest that
severe sepsis also worsens health status and increases disability among survivors. As the …

Objetivos Examinar los datos epidemiológicos de pacientes sépticos mayores de 65 años
con ingreso en UCI e identificar predictores de supervivencia a 2 años. Diseño Estudio de …

Background In the United States incidence of sepsis and pneumonia differ by race, but it is
unclear whether this is due to intrinsic factors or health care factors. Methods We conducted …

Objectives: Physicians generally have higher disease awareness and easier access to
medical care, which may help them reduce risk of developing severe sepsis and associated …

Background The design of clinical immunology studies in sepsis presents several
fundamental challenges to improving the translational understanding of pathologic …

La sepsis se considera un síndrome en respuesta a una infección grave. Se caracteriza por
una respuesta inflamatoria sistémica que produce un daño tisular generalizado y que …