Interim results from a 40-hospital pediatric sepsis quality improvement study support lengthening the initial window for giving fluids and antibiotics. They also suggest better outcomes when providers ...

Compliance with a relaxed "care bundle" was associated with lower 30-day mortality and shorter median hospital stays among children with sepsis, according to interim data from the Improving Pediatric ...

Sepsis is a factor in more than 10% of non-neonatal pediatric hospitalizations as well as almost 18% of those patients’ in-hospital deaths, according to a recently published estimate built on elect | ...

Credit: Getty Images To address the gap in sepsis management bundle compliance at a community hospital in Cleveland, Ohio, the authors created an intervention targeting patients who presented with ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Improving Pediatric Sepsis Outcomes (IPSO) Collaborative has received the prestigious John M. Eisenberg Award for National Achievement in Patient Safety and Quality, recognizing ...

The Children’s Hospital Association has created a resource to support hospitals with early identification and treatment of sepsis among pediatric patients. The “change package” resource was created ...

Sepsis -- the leading cause of mortality in children around the world -- can present with a wide range of signs and symptoms, making a one-size-fits-all treatment strategy ineffective. Pursuing a ...

PHOENIX -- The novel Phoenix sepsis criteria, created by the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) Pediatric Sepsis Definition Task Force, improved diagnosis of pediatric sepsis and septic shock ...

More accurate measures are needed to help diagnose children with sepsis as a current clinical tool is failing to detect those requiring hospital care, according to a new study. The research, led by ...

An international research team led by Tell Bennett, MD, MS, professor of biomedical informatics and pediatric critical care at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, released new diagnostic ...