An electronic sepsis alert using a combination of vital signs, risk factors and physician judgment to identify children in a pediatric emergency department with severe sepsis reduced missed diagnoses ...
A study, published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine, shows an electronic alert for sepsis helped a pediatric emergency department significantly reduce missed sepsis diagnoses. The study examined ...
A large-scale study shows the benefits for pediatric patients of sepsis protocols that were mandated by New York State in 2013. More than one in 10 children hospitalized with sepsis die. When clinical ...
Approximately 1.5 million people in the U.S. get sepsis each year, and 250,000 Americans die from sepsis annually.1 Patients with severe sepsis can develop septic shock, which is a significantly ...
Even in the face of increased pressure from regulators, many doctors have failed to fully embrace early screening and treatment protocols for sepsis, an infection-related complication that afflicts ...
In 2013, New York began requiring hospitals to follow protocols for the early identification and treatment of sepsis. However, there is controversy about whether more rapid treatment of sepsis ...
An electronic sepsis alert using a combination of vital signs, risk factors and physician judgment to identify children in a pediatric emergency department with severe sepsis reduced missed diagnoses ...