Articles Tagged With: Sepsis
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New Diagnostic Tools Expected to Revamp Sepsis Care
An expert panel agreed a test is needed to indicate the severity of dysregulated host immune response. Although there was some uncertainty over which patients would benefit most from such a test, the panel agreed the sepsis test should be conducted at triage and produce results in less than 30 minutes.
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Early Missed Sepsis Diagnosis Leads to $2 Million Award for Patient
This case highlights the importance of screening patients properly and the compounding risks for nurses, physicians, and hospitals that can result when staff miss a screening.
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Lawsuits, Complaints Detail Medical Terror Some Pregnant Patients Face
Since states like Missouri and Texas rushed to ban abortion, using language that is vague and with narrow exceptions, hospitals and physicians across the South and in other areas with abortion bans are denying health-saving care to pregnant patients in crisis.
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Physicians Anonymously Tell Their Stories in New Study
It is tough to have a uterus in the post-Dobbs United States. The physicians who treat pregnant women are outraged and horrified, according to their anonymous stories in a new report: Care Post-Roe: Documenting cases of poor-quality care since the Dobbs decision.
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Abortion Bans End Standard Pregnancy Care in Large Swaths of the United States
When South Carolina and North Carolina passed abortion bans in May 2023, they were among the last states in the Southeast to end standard pregnancy and abortion care. Standard abortion care for women in most of the South and parts of the Midwest will now be denied to all but a small percentage of people. Those who want or need abortion care a couple of months into pregnancy will need to travel hundreds of miles to a state where abortion care is legal.
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Azithromycin Prophylaxis for the Prevention of Maternal Sepsis or Death in Women Undergoing Vaginal Delivery
A single oral dose of azithromycin dramatically reduced the risk of maternal sepsis or death among women planning vaginal deliveries compared to placebo but had little effect on neonatal sepsis or mortality.
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Pediatric Mental Health Crisis Is ECRI’s Top Safety Concern for 2023
The pediatric mental health crisis is No. 1 on ECRI’s top 10 patient safety concerns for 2023.
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Wash Your Hands to Prevent Patient Deaths
Healthcare workers generally self-report hand hygiene compliance at much higher levels than the observers watching them. In one Japanese study, healthcare workers reported a handwashing average of 77% before touching a patient. Shockingly, the actual compliance tracked by observers was 12%.
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Do Race and Ethnicity Affect the Likelihood of ICU Admission?
Patients who identify with racial or ethnic minority groups who present with sepsis or acute respiratory failure are more likely to be admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) when compared to white patients. Capacity strain reduced the frequency of ICU admission but did not modify the differences seen between these groups.
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CMS May Suppress Data on Complications in Hospitals
CMS is planning to suppress data on many dangerous medical and surgical complications in hospitals because data from the COVID-19 era may be unreliable. The plan would suppress data on sepsis, kidney harm, deep bedsores, lung collapse, and many other measures.