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Help on sepsis by Paul L. Healthy Living Professional

Posted Thu 20 Jan 2011 8:20pm and a request: I sit on the Board of Sepsis Alliance. Our data suggests that only 1 in 3 Americans has heard the word “sepsis” and because of a lack of an organized approach to sepsis care – that is, care consistent with the Global Sepsis Alliance proclamation at the Merinoff Symposium (“recognize sepsis as a medical emergency requiring Read on »

Used for the detection ofSepsis ... by Medical Quack Patient Expert

Posted Mon 10 Nov 2008 4:20pm Used for the detection of Sepsis in the ER.... I recently posted an article about Vanderbilt University's technology to facilitate defining the symptom as quickly... for progression to severe sepsis and septic shock. Sepsis is a complex clinical syndrome that is defined as the systemic inflammatory response of the body to an infection. It is the most Read on »

Sepsis by Taralynn M. Registered Nurse

Posted Tue 18 Nov 2008 3:15pm

1 Comment There is a surge of lawsuits involving infections, particularly the failure to recognize signs and symptoms of sepsis. Patients are dying and when the records are reviewed classic signs and symptoms of sepsis are shown in the records. Also remember that the elderly can present special problems when doing assessments and trying to determine the cause Read on »

Older Patients Surviving Sepsis Infections Are Three Times More Likely To Develop Cognitive Problems by Ed H. Doctor of Pharmacy

Posted Wed 27 Oct 2010 1:15pm A study of nearly 1,200 older patients hospitalized for severe sepsis indicate that those who survive are at higher risk for long-term cognitive impairment and physical... issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. Sepsis is a condition in which the immune system goes into overdrive releasing chemicals into the blood to combat Read on »

Cognitive and Physical Decline in Older Adults Associated with Severe Sepsis by MedNews Patient Expert

Posted Tue 26 Oct 2010 2:58pm involving severe sepsis, a serious medical condition caused by an overwhelming immune response to severe infection, are at higher risk for cognitive impairment and physical... found that an older person’s risk of cognitive decline increased almost threefold following hospitalization for severe sepsis. They also found that severe sepsis was associated Read on »

Screening for Sepsis Could Save Lives, Researchers Say by Medline Plus Posted Tue 20 Jul 2010 6:00am TUESDAY, July 20 (HealthDay News) -- General surgery patients in the United States are more likely to suffer from life-threatening sepsis and septic shock than heart attacks... septic shock after general surgery die within 30 days of the operation. Sepsis -- known colloquially as blood poisoning -- is a dangerous and potentially lethal body-wide Read on »

Vitamin C may be life-saving treatment for sepsis by Dr. John Z. Medical Doctor

Posted Thu 18 Nov 2010 12:00am Physicians caring for patients with sepsis may soon have a new safe... Health Research Institute have found that vitamin C can not only prevent the onset of sepsis, but can reverse the disease. Sepsis is caused by a bacterial infection that can Read on »

Vanderbilt University Sepsis Detection Technology Update – Added Management to Detection Process by Medical Quack Patient Expert

Posted Tue 16 Jun 2009 10:52pm reporting here, just monitoring the patient. With Sepsis time of of the essence. The related reading below has some additional information and posts. Nice work for Vanderbilt and bringing all the creative minds together. The second phase was to bring Sepsis management into the process from the alert stage and that has now been done as well, so on to using Read on »

Severe Sepsis Associated with Later Cognitive, Physical Decline by Medline Plus Posted Tue 26 Oct 2010 2:51pm Older adults who survive hospitalization involving severe sepsis, a serious medical condition caused by an overwhelming... following hospitalization for severe sepsis. They also found that severe sepsis was associated with greater risk for the development of at least one new limitation in performing daily Read on »

Sepsis Update – Hospital Error in New York and Technology that can help by Medical Quack Patient Expert

Posted Tue 10 Feb 2009 11:29am This is an update on a post from a short while back about a woman in New York that was sent home, only to have Sepsis set in and had both her hands and feet amputated... and issues I have look minimal by comparison. I included a small portion of what technology can do in an ICU with the immediate detection of Sepsis, created at Vanderbilt Medical Read on »