Mikkey Dee, the former drummer for Motorhead who currently plays for Scorpions, is recovering at home after spending three weeks in a hospital battling a blood infection. “This holiday season, I have ...

Sepsis is a life-threatening condition triggered by the body's extreme response to infection. It causes widespread inflammation, which can lead to tissue damage, organ failure and death. Thanks to ...

A study published in Critical Care Medicine examined trends in sepsis survivorship and readmission rates after hospitalizations for sepsis. Researchers conducted a retrospective, observational cohort ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Thirty-day hospital readmission was observed in 23.6% of sepsis survivors, and sepsis was often the reason ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - It’s something that can take a turn for the worse very quickly: Sepsis. September is Sepsis Awareness Month. The life-threatening medical emergency affects hundreds of ...

That’s what a then-17-year-old Natalya "Nat" Manhertz's mother remembers her saying when the new blooms began to show on April flowers, and an event every teen dreams of, senior prom, came along. She ...

Sepsis is a common and sometimes deadly form of blood infection New research shows that about a quarter of discharged sepsis patients ended up back in the hospital within weeks, due to a recurrence ...

Approximately 12% of patients hospitalized with sepsis had developed new frailty upon hospital discharge. Inpatients with sepsis need targeted strategies to reduce frailty, which is a known risk ...