Science news articles about 'sepsis'

  • Ashwell receptor reduces mortality during sepsis

    ... Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) is a leading cause of sepsis, especially in the young, the elderly and the immuno-compromised ... of the pathogen through the body. Using a mouse model of sepsis, the researchers found that the pneumococcal sialidase also removes sialic ...
  • Sepsis guideline compliance improves, rate of death declines after educational effort

    ... after one year, according to a study in the May 21 issue of JAMA. “Sepsis [a bloodstream infection] is one of the most prevalent diseases and one of the main ... that delivering a bundle of care effectively for patients with sepsis may be as or even more important than developing new therapies ...
  • Life-saving study into sepsis

    Each year over a million people suffer from sepsis, a condition caused by an infection spreading through ... develops into severe sepsis then the death rate can rise to nearly 30-50%, equalling ...
  • Nerve stimulation used to treat sepsis

    MANHASSET, N.Y., July 31 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've found stimulation of the vagus nerve decreases the spleen's production of a substance that promotes sepsis.
  • How to treat pelvic sepsis after stapled hemorrhoidopexy?

    ... hemorrhoidopexy are rare. The cause of severe (retroperitoneal) sepsis and its teatment including both surgical and non ... in small perforations. Large perforations and/or severe sepsis require a diverting (loop) colostomy or ileostomy ...
  • Surprising interactions of diabetes mellitus and sepsis

    ... to the development of novel therapies for these patients." According to the Surviving Sepsis Campaign, it is estimated that 1,400 people ... . The authors found that among patients with a respiratory source of sepsis, 16% of those with DM developed acute respiratory ...
  • Surprising Interactions Of Diabetes Mellitus And Sepsis

    ... from acute respiratory failure during severe sepsis. Researchers studied 930 million hospitalizations over a 25-year period to investigate the protective effect, adding to our knowledge of both diabetes and sepsis ...
  • Researchers block immune cell rush behind deadly sepsis

    ... that contributes to bleeding has nothing to do with its effect on sepsis, and can be removed. Halting the Great Migration In a neutrophil ... . "If, as suggested by our results and the literature, the effects of rhAPC on sepsis are attributable to reduced neutrophil migration, then ...
  • Scientists Block Immune Cell Rush Behind Deadly Sepsis

    ... of infection when such speed worsens the damage done by sepsis, the often fatal, whole-body bacterial ... drugs as potential new treatments against sepsis, and suggest improvements in the current treatment that would ...
  • Children's National research links platelets to sepsis-related organ failure

    ... contributor to organ failure in patients suffering from sepsis: platelets. The finding, published in the American Journal ... ,' can actually contribute to the development of fatal complications from sepsis, we can use this knowledge to better gauge someone's risk ...
  • Platelets Linked To Sepsis-related Organ Failure

    ... contributor to organ failure in patients suffering from sepsis: platelets. The finding is the first time doctors ...
  • Premature newborns lack 'death NET' to fight sepsis

    ... insight into defects in the body's defense against sepsis, a blood infection that poses a major risk ... newborns are at a higher risk for severe infections such as sepsis and have such fragile immune systems. Zimmerman compares ...
  • A fast magnetic fix for sepsis?

    Sepsis, an infection of the blood, can quickly overwhelm the body's defenses and is responsible for more than 200,000 deaths ...
  • Key protein regulating inflammation may prove relevant to controlling sepsis

    ... relevant to developing more effective treatments against sepsis, the severe inflammatory condition caused by bacterial ... to human ailments ranging from inflammation (like sepsis) to cancer." Shen Han-Ming, Ph ...
  • Vanderbilt researchers pioneer an advanced sepsis detection and management system

    ... attending physicians through the complex process of sepsis treatment. "This is an effort to use the power of informatics to move ... to organ failure and death. Infections that cause sepsis can be acquired outside the hospital, but those acquired in the hospital ...

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