FDA Clears Molecular Blood Test to Aid Sepsis and Infection Diagnosis
The test can both identify bacterial and viral infections and assess the need for critical care in patients with suspected infection or sepsis.
The test can both identify bacterial and viral infections and assess the need for critical care in patients with suspected infection or sepsis.
The test can both identify bacterial and viral infections and assess the need for critical care in patients with suspected infection or sepsis.
Read MoreResearchers found that medical ozone therapy can improve lung function in mice with sepsis-induced acute lung injury.
Read MoreThe FDA has granted Breakthrough Device Designation to a sepsis risk assessment test designed to support rapid clinical decisions.
Read MoreThe funding will accelerate the rollout of a rapid diagnostic test that helps emergency departments quickly identify and treat sepsis.
Read MoreThe COVID-19 pandemic led to a noticeable rise in sepsis-related hospitalizations, hospital costs, and in-hospital mortality, particularly for patients with a COVID-19 diagnosis.
Read MoreThe newly cleared test detects sepsis earlier than current standards by measuring levels of the pancreatic stone protein biomarker.
Read MoreThe AI tool actively involves clinicians by identifying missing patient data and suggesting the most critical information needed to improve sepsis risk predictions.
Read MorebioMérieux received US FDA 510(k) clearance for its Vitek Reveal AST System, which reports results directly from positive blood cultures.
Read MoreIn patients most at risk for organ damage, the drug lessened the need for assisted ventilation and showed a slight decrease in mortality.Â
Read MoreRoche will commercially distribute Prenosis Inc’s Sepsis ImmunoScore, the first-ever FDA De Novo authorized AI diagnostic tool for sepsis.
Read MoreAdministering azithromycin to pregnant women who deliver vaginally is a cost-saving treatment for reducing maternal sepsis, death or infection in developing countries.
Read MoreAn AI algorithm used in emergency departments at UC San Diego Health allowed clinicians to quickly predict sepsis infection in high-risk patients and reduce mortality, according to a new study, published in npj Digital Medicine.
Read MoreThe Phoenix criteria define sepsis as severe response to infection involving organ dysfunction, as opposed to an earlier focus on systemic inflammation.
Read MoreAn initiative from the Society of Critical Care Medicine aims to decrease sepsis mortality in low-resource settings, where as much as 84% of sepsis-related deaths occur.
Read MoreEven when the oxygen level is normal, inflammation and the reaction to hypoxia are connected; the key is individual sensitivity to hypoxia.
Read MoreNorthwestern Medicine’s Delnor Hospital has seen a 10% increase in the total number of sepsis patients and a 33% increase in patients who arrived in severe sepsis in the last fiscal year.
Read MoreA single oral dose of azithromycin can reduce the risk of postpartum sepsis and death among women who deliver vaginally by one-third, according to a large multi-country published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Read MoreThere were no significant differences in 90-day mortality rates between two common treatment strategies for sepsis, according to a phase 3 clinical trial published in the NEJM.
Read MoreResearchers who identified a novel mechanism for platelet activation in pathogenic blood clotting are now turning their attention to sepsis.
Read MorePathogenomix Inc’s Patho-Seq is designed for the rapid detection and identification of bacteria for a broad list of clinical conditions and sample types, including sepsis from whole blood samples and bacterial meningitis from CSF.
Read MoreEmergency room patients who were flagged by an artificial intelligence algorithm for possibly having sepsis received antibiotics sooner and had better outcomes, according to a study in Critical Care Medicine.
Read MoreA virtual recovery program for sepsis patients that may also help post-COVID-19 patients and survivors of other serious illnesses.
Read MoreA recent study found over 50% of severe COVID-19 patients suffered from sepsis, which means it’s all the more important to stay cognizant of the condition, diagnosis, and treatment.
Read MoreReceiving early antibiotics was associated with lower mortality in patients with a higher probability of infection, but a higher likelihood of mortality in patients with a lower probability of infection.
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