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 ...

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 ...

Interim results from a 40-hospital pediatric sepsis quality improvement study support lengthening the initial window for giving fluids and antibiotics. They also suggest better outcomes when providers ...

PHOENIX -- The novel Phoenix sepsis criteria, created by the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) Pediatric Sepsis Definition Task Force, improved diagnosis of pediatric sepsis and septic shock ...

"We believe that our findings could be useful to guide the clinical evaluation in the emergency department in different ways . . . procalcitonin level should be evaluated not only on admission, but ...

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 ...

In a qualitative, interview-based study of Emergency Department leaders, researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus found most were motivated to provide high-quality pediatric ...