Researchers have labelled half the screening tools used by emergency medics to detect sepsis as “inadequate”. More must be done to support emergency services and to improve existing systems to ...

Barcelona, Spain: Two out of the four internationally-recommended screening tools used by emergency medical services are inadequate for recognising sepsis, according to new research presented at the ...

Two out of the four internationally-recommended screening tools used by emergency medical services are inadequate for recognizing sepsis, according to new research presented at the European Emergency ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Pregnancy-adjusted screening tools had high sepsis predictability rates for women with sepsis or ...

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has released two new tools for use in healthcare facilities, the Sepsis Prevention Assessment Tool for Nursing Homes (SPAT) and the Targeted Assessment for ...

New retrospective study in CHEST found procalcitonin testing at admission reduced the length of stay and total cost of care Each year, over $20 billion dollars is spent on sepsis care, making it the ...

Health experts have launched an online tool to help the public understand their risk of a potentially life-threatening condition. Sepsis occurs when the body’s immune system over-reacts to an ...

Both the diagnosis and management of infectious diseases in hospitalized patients remain prominent clinical challenges and are associated with a substantial financial burden for healthcare systems.

Of all the life-threatening conditions hospitals battle on a daily basis, sepsis is a particularly fickle beast. Despite the difficulties associated with diagnosing this complication, healthcare ...

The UK Sepsis Trust said the resource is the first of its kind to be digitised. Sign up for the top news stories every day to keep you informed with what's going on in the West Midlands. Did you know ...