Sepsis News

• New Light Cast on Type-2 MI Aims to Sharpen Diagnosis, Therapy A large survey of type 2 MI, triggered when myocardial oxygen demand outstrips supply, points to confusion hindering its diagnosis and treatment and reveals the rarity of revascularization.
  Medscape Medical News, February 18, 2021
• CDC Warns of Drug-Resistant Typhoid Fever Outbreak The new Salmonella Typhi strain is related to one in Pakistan and has infected at least 71 people in the US.
  Medscape Medical News, February 17, 2021
• FDA Approves Umbralisib (Ukoniq) for Two Lymphomas The new drug has been granted an accelerated approval for use in patients with refractory or relapsed marginal zone lymphoma and follicular lymphoma.
  FDA Approvals, February 08, 2021
• SCCM 2021 Kids With Sepsis From Poor Neighborhoods Have Longer Hospital Stays Children being treated for sepsis remain in the hospital longer if they come from low-income neighborhoods, although it's not entirely clear why, a large U.S. study shows.
  Reuters Health Information, February 05, 2021
• SCCM 2021 Bundle Adherence Helps Improve Pediatric Sepsis Outcomes Interim results from a 40-hospital quality improvement study support current guidelines that call for a wider window for giving fluids and antibiotics to allow time to assess the best treatment.
  Medscape Medical News, February 04, 2021
• SCCM 2021 Dexmedetomidine, Propofol Similar in Ventilated Adults With Sepsis No difference was found in number of days alive without acute brain dysfunction in a randomized, controlled, double-blind trial. Results support current guidelines that recommend either drug.
  Medscape Medical News, February 02, 2021
• SABCS 2020 'Major Advancement' in Preventing Neutropenia, Says Trialist Growth factors have been the standard of care for preventing chemotherapy-induced neutropenia for decades. Could adding a new agent improve efficacy, and what should be the measure of that efficacy?
  Medscape Medical News, January 25, 2021
• Automated Sepsis Screening Tool Had Advantages in the Pediatric ED An automated sepsis screening tool embedded in the electronic health record has dramatically increased compliance with sepsis screening in the pediatric emergency department at Boston Children's Hospital and has proven to be more accurate than manual sepsis screening.
  Reuters Health Information, January 20, 2021
• Severe Sepsis Mortality Worse for Black Children in US South, West Black children with severe sepsis are more likely to die in the hospital than White children, especially when they're treated at hospitals in the southern and western US, according to new findings.
  Reuters Health Information, December 30, 2020
• Triggers of COVID-19 'Cytokine Storm' Identified A form of inflammatory cell death called panoptosis triggers the storm of cytokines, or inflammatory proteins, that causes critical illness in COVID-19, researchers say.
  Reuters Health Information, December 28, 2020
• Alert FDA Clears Device to Remove Dead Pancreatic Tissue The EndoRotor System (Interscope, Inc) facilitates resection and removal of necrotic tissue resulting from complications of acute pancreatitis.
  FDA Approvals, December 24, 2020
• New Gains in COVID-19 Science 1 Year Into the Pandemic This time last year, hospitals in Wuhan, China, identified the first cases of the novel coronavirus that would kill more than 1.7 million people around the world and change the practice of medicine.
  Medscape Medical News, December 24, 2020
• Doctors Publish Paper on COVID-19 Protocol; Experts Unconvinced An article in the Journal of Intensive Care Medicine offers observational mortality rates for the MATH+ protocol.
  Medscape Medical News, December 21, 2020
• Novel Neutrophil-Derived Particle Is Potential Sepsis Biomarker Newly identified particles, called elongated neutrophil-derived structures (ENDS), have been found in the blood of sepsis patients and may one day serve as a biomarker for early detection of the condition, researchers say.
  Reuters Health Information, December 14, 2020
• AASLD 2020 AASLD 2020: A Clinical News Roundup 'We chose papers that had the highest level of evidence, such as randomized controlled trials, controlled studies, and large datasets -- and some small datasets too,' said Tamar Taddei, MD, Yale Univ.
  Medscape Medical News, November 30, 2020
• Metabolic Disease Linked to Instability of the Gut Microbiome The gut microbiome appears to be largely stable over time in most people, but metabolic disorders such as fatty liver disease and diabetes are associated with increased microbial instability, say researchers.
  Reuters Health Information, November 17, 2020
• COVID-19 Infection Measures Linked to Lower Rates of MRSA, CLABSI Hospital infection prevention and control efforts implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic are associated with reduced rates of hospital-acquired infections, a recent study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, November 13, 2020
• Melatonin Could Potentially Treat COVID-19, Study Says The hormone, which regulates the body's circadian rhythm and sleep-wake cycle, was associated with a 30% reduced likelihood of testing positive for COVID-19.
  WebMD Health News, November 11, 2020
• Search for a Snakebite Drug Might Lead to a COVID Treatment, Too Along the way, Lewin and his team have come across another potential use for the drug. Varespladib has a positive effect on acute respiratory distress syndrome, associated with COVID-19.
  Kaiser Health News, November 11, 2020
• 5 Things to Know About Meningococcal Disease Should meningococcal disease be considered a medical emergency? Here are five things to know.
  Medscape Medical News, November 11, 2020