Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . IL-6 levels peak 6 hours after infection, compared with 24 hours for traditional biomarkers. The biomarker was ...

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 ...

Clinician-scientists from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago were among a diverse, international group of experts tasked by the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) with ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Deaths related to bacterial sepsis decreased from 1.7 per 100,000 children in 1999 to 1.2 per 100,000 children ...

University of Queensland researchers have developed a method to predict if a child is likely to develop sepsis and go into organ failure. Associate Professor Lachlan Coin from UQ's Institute for ...

Sepsis is a serious condition that can become life-threatening if not treated quickly. It happens when the body reacts to an infection in a way that harms its own organs, such as the heart, lungs or ...

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 ...

A team of U.S. and international pediatric medical experts developed a new definition of sepsis in children at the Society for Critical Care Medicine’s 2024 Critical Care Congress being held in ...