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 ...

Sepsis is a leading global cause of hospital deaths, occurring when the body's response to infection damages tissue and ...

Tuberculosis (TB) is a major unrecognized cause of deadly sepsis among people with HIV in Africa, a sweeping new study reveals. Beginning treatment for TB immediately – even before sepsis patients are ...

In a healthcare world in which amazing things are increasingly possible — surgery through just a few tiny incisions, successful replacements of entire organs, treatment of once-fatal infections — ...

Blood infection, medically known as sepsis, is one of the leading causes of death, because the body’s response to infection damages tissue and causes organs to fail. Africa has the ...

Major trial finds immediate or high-dose TB treatment does not lower overall mortality in HIV-related sepsis, except in ...

Every year, sepsis affects around 1.7 million people in the United States and causes nearly 270,000 deaths. Around 1 in 3 deaths in hospitals result from sepsis. Learning to spot the signs can help ...

Sepsis is a medical emergency. It can lead to organ failure and death. The earlier a person receives treatment, the more likely they are to survive. Sepsis occurs when the immune system has an extreme ...

Grieving parents call for better sepsis training to be introduced urgently so no family goes through what they did.