NEWTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cheetah Medical, a Massachusetts-based leader in non-invasive fluid management devices, today announced the first presentation of major economic data showing total cost ...

Sepsis is a global health priority affecting 55 million patients worldwide and causing 11 million deaths annually. Treatment for sepsis may include prompt recognition, source control, antibiotics, ...

SYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Australian clinical-stage drug development company Noxopharm Limited (ASX:NOX) announced an international patent application aimed at protecting the use of experimental ...

A multi-institutional research team has demonstrated how AI and machine learning can optimize therapy selection and dosing for septic shock, a life-threatening complication that is the leading cause ...

Patients with heart failure frequently suffer from fluid overload, and for those with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) also suffering from septic shock—a condition often treated ...

Leukopenia may be seen in sepsis as one of the systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) criteria, ie, white blood cell count below 4000, and may portend a poor prognosis. But severe leukopenia, ...

Septic shock arises when a dysregulated host response to infection produces profound vasodilatation, capillary leak and cellular hypoperfusion. Vasopressors have become indispensable to restore ...

In patients with septic shock, early vasopressor therapy plus restricted fluid administration does not improve 90-day outcomes compared with greater fluid administration with later vasopressor use.

A meta-analysis has attempted to settle the controversy over the use of corticosteroids in sepsis and septic shock. The findings, based on pooled trial data from more than 2,000 patients, suggest that ...

For patients with septic shock, treatment with intravenous vitamin C, hydrocortisone, and thiamine did not significantly improve the duration of survival and free of vasopressor administration over 7 ...

In 2013, New York began requiring hospitals to follow protocols for the early identification and treatment of sepsis. However, there is controversy about whether more rapid treatment of sepsis ...