Sepsis kills: Prompt care saves kids' lives
Wednesday, July 25, 2018 - 14:58
in Health & Medicine
More than one in 10 children hospitalized with sepsis die, but when a series of clinical treatments and tests is completed within an hour of its detection the odds of death shrink 40 percent, according to the largest ever analysis of pediatric sepsis. The study supports an initially controversial New York State mandate, likely encouraging it's expansion to other states.