We recommend that a specific anatomic diagnosis of infection requiring emergent source control be identified or excluded as rapidly as possible in patients with sepsis or septic shock, and that any ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SEP-1 is the CMS Severe Sepsis/Septic Shock Management Bundle CMS is planning to transition SEP-1 from a pay-for ...

USA: A large international randomized clinical trial suggests that a personalized hemodynamic resuscitation approach ...

UPMC researchers aim to determine interventions that can stop the progress of sepsis and septic shock; management protocols for the first six hours after diagnosis; and the long-term outcomes for ...

Sepsis is a global health priority affecting 55 million patients worldwide and causing 11 million deaths annually. Treatment for sepsis may include prompt recognition, source control, antibiotics, ...

Time to vasopressor initiation from the first hypotensive episode was not significantly associated with 90-day mortality or vasopressor-free days in patients with septic shock, according to a new ...

Sepsis is the body’s extreme reaction to an infection. It causes 11 million deaths annually and is a global health priority affecting 55 million patients worldwide annually. Treatment for sepsis ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services make SEP-1 sepsis care bundle a pay-for-performance measure. The inclusion of the Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock Management Bundle (SEP-1) into Medicare's ...

Lower arterial pressure during septic shock is associated with higher mortality and kidney injury among patients with cirrhosis.

WASHINGTON -- A longstanding controversy over a quality measure for managing sepsis is bubbling up once again. The quality measure, known as the Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock: Management Bundle, or ...