Sepsis News

• Maternal Obesity Alone May Increase Neonatal Risks 'Obesity may be as important, if not more important, than hypertension and diabetes as a potentially modifiable risk factor for clinicians to target to improve neonatal outcomes,' new research hints.
  Medscape Medical News, September 2018
• A Child Dies Every Five Seconds, and Most Are Preventable Deaths - U.N. An estimated 6.3 million children died before their 15th birthdays in 2017, or one every five seconds, mostly due to a lack of water, sanitation, nutrition and basic healthcare, according to report by United Nations agencies on Tuesday.
  Reuters Health Information, September 2018
• Drug Combo No Better for Hard-to-Treat Bloodstream Infections A carbapenem-sparing option for the treatment of ceftriaxone-resistant infections was not equal to meropenem and should not be used in the setting of E coli or K pneumonia bloodstream infections.
  Medscape Medical News, September 2018
• Prostate Cancer Screening: No Effect on Overall Mortality Screening for prostate cancer may result in a small absolute benefit in disease-specific mortality over 10 years but does not improve overall mortality.
  Medscape Medical News, September 2018
• Fewer Deaths After Sepsis Protocol Mandate Fewer sepsis deaths occurred after implementation of state-mandated sepsis care bundles and reporting on sepsis care and patient outcomes, a study found.
  Medscape Medical News, September 2018
• Severe Delivery Complications Rising Among U.S. Pregnant Women An increasing proportion of U.S. women are experiencing serious and potentially life-threatening complications while giving birth, government researchers report.
  Reuters Health Information, September 2018
• Post-Hospital Interventions "Urgently Needed" for Children in Tanzania Post-hospital mortality is disturbingly high among two-to-12-year olds in Tanzania, and interventions are urgently needed, especially for older children with chronic illnesses, researchers say.
  Reuters Health Information, September 2018
• HHS Will Review Watchdog Group's Call to Halt Sepsis Trial Public Citizen says the trial is flawed and dangerous. A coinvestigator says the study design is well accepted. The federal Office for Human Research Protections says it will review the allegations.
  Medscape Medical News, August 2018
• Alert FDA Warns of Serious Genital Infection With SGLT2 Inhibitors The agency has received reports of 12 cases of necrotizing fasciitis of the perineum in patients taking sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors, including five women.
  News Alerts, August 2018
• Switch to Oral Antibiotics Safe in Left-Sided Endocarditis The POET trial met its noninferiority composite endpoint and cut hospital stays, opening the door to a new approach to a costly and thorny cardiac problem.
  Medscape Medical News, August 2018
• 'Lessons Must Be Learned': UK Societies on Bawa-Garba Ruling The UK Court of Appeal decision that will soon allow Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba to return to work was met with relief by most medical societies there; the overwhelming sentiment was 'lessons must be learned.'
  Medscape Medical News, August 2018
• Omadacycline Recommended by FDA Panel for ABSSSI and CABP An FDA panel recommended omadacycline for acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections and community-acquired bacterial pneumonia.
  Medscape Medical News, August 2018
• Compliance With SEP-1 Quality Measure Does Not Affect Sepsis Mortality
  Reuters Health Information, July 2018
• Sepsis Survival Higher in Kids With Quick Bundle Completion Completing a pediatric sepsis bundle in 1 hour improved outcomes including risk for death in kids with sepsis, a large study found.
  Medscape Medical News, July 2018
• Protocols for Vaginal Preparation Do Not Reduce C-Section Wound Infections Having an institutional protocol in place for vaginal preparation with antiseptic solution does not reduce surgical site infection rates in women undergoing cesarean delivery during labor, according to a secondary analysis.
  Reuters Health Information, July 2018
• Within Opioid Abuse Epidemic, Infectious Disease Epidemic Emerges There is a new epidemic of hepatitis C, HIV, and other infections within the opioid abuse epidemic, according to participants in a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine workshop.
  Reuters Health Information, July 2018
• Increasing Reports of Parechovirus Infection in Infants in England
  Reuters Health Information, July 2018
• Alert FDA Approves Plazomicin (Zemdri) for Urinary Tract Infections Achaogen Inc said on Tuesday U.S. health regulators cleared its antibiotic plazomicin (Zemdri) to treat adults with complicated urinary tract infections, but declined approval for treating bloodstream infections.
  FDA Approvals, June 2018
• ECMO in Severe ARDS: Trial Halted for Futility, Lessons Debated No survival benefit came from routine vs rescue extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in severe acute respiratory distress syndrome, but experts disagree on the EOLIA trial's implications for therapy.
  Medscape Medical News, June 2018
• EANMost Deaths Among Kids With Epilepsy Due to Infection A new study shows that only about 10 of 88 deaths in children with epilepsy were due to sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP).
  Medscape Medical News, June 2018