Sepsis is a life-threatening condition triggered by a severe infection. Severe sepsis and septic shock are progressive stages of sepsis associated with multi-organ failure and death. Mortality for ...

Nearly 1 in 5 pediatric hospital deaths in the United States involve sepsis, according to a new national study published March 22 in JAMA. The study also found that sepsis occurs in about 1 in every ...

Among pediatric patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with high fevers, pinpointing those at risk for developing sepsis “is akin to looking for a needle in the haystack,” said Elizabeth ...

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 ...

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Bloodstream, pulmonary, and multisite infections predominated, with bacteria leading among identified pathogens and Gram-negative organisms most common, underscoring broad infectious exposure and ...

In a qualitative, interview-based study of emergency department leaders, researchers found most were motivated to provide high quality pediatric sepsis care but disagreed on how best to do it. In a ...

Prior to February 2024, limited therapeutics were available to treat sepsis, a life threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection. Now, a new, commercially viable ...

WEDNESDAY, March 25, 2026 (HealthDay News) -- The Pediatric Sepsis Event (PSE) electronic health record-based definition for pediatric sepsis has higher sensitivity and comparable specificity to ...

The current standards for sepsis screening are non-specific. The authors review biomarkers from genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics to enhance the specificity and sensitivity of ...