Of all the life-threatening conditions hospitals battle on a daily basis, sepsis is a particularly fickle beast. Despite the difficulties associated with diagnosing this complication, healthcare ...

A fast-moving, life-threatening condition, sepsis is the body’s extreme response to an infection. Each year, at least 350,000 adults who develop sepsis die during hospitalization or are discharged to ...

Purpose. The efficacy and safety of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) in critically ill patients with severe sepsis or septic shock were evaluated. Summary. The medical literature was ...

Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2006;63(12):1151-1156. There are limited data in the literature on drotrecogin alfa use in patients with severe sepsis. In a prospective observational study, Wong-Beringer et ...

In a typical year, at least 1.7 million adults in America develop sepsis, a life-threatening response to infection. About 30% of severe sepsis patients don’t survive, and up to 50% of survivors suffer ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there are more than 1.7 million cases of sepsis every year, leading to 300,000 annual deaths. "Sepsis is a potentially lethal condition; ...

Charlottesville, Va, Jan. 21, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A scientific discovery aimed at stopping dangerous immune-system ...

Smith said his wife "slowly started filling me in" on the surgery, the coma, the ventilator. The throbbing in his foot had been a signal of a raging problem. "When you hear someone say a person died ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Signs of sepsis Sepsis is a life-threatening condition in which the body overreacts to an infection and starts attacking its own ...

Sepsis, the body's extreme response to an infection, affects 1.7 million adults in the United States annually. It stems from fungal, viral, or bacterial infections. Treatment delays of even a few ...