For years, the approach to sepsis in acute care settings has been the same: early warning alerts and standardized care protocols. Unfortunately, it hasn’t moved the needle. Sepsis still affects 2.5 ...

Sepsis is a deadly reaction to infection, one that can cause runaway inflammation and a cascade of organ damage. It is estimated to kill at least 350,000 Americans per year. Early detection of this ...

Researchers developed a machine learning model that could identify children in the ED who were at risk for developing sepsis ...

Health technology innovator Prenosis has achieved a life-changing milestone with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granting approval to its groundbreaking AI-powered diagnostic tool for ...

Early recognition of sepsis remains challenging given heterogeneity in presentation. Existing screening tools have not yet ...

Sepsis is a common and serious complication in intensive care unit patients. An important factor in optimizing survival rates in septic patients is the ability to start treatment early in the course ...

The new diagnostic test determines the level of activation of a patient's immune system, which reflects whether the patient has sepsis. A Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based hospital has generated positive ...

Inflammatix has secured the FDA’s blessing for its in vitro diagnostic system, aimed at rapidly profiling the body’s response to an infectious disease at the point of care. With results in about 30 ...

Both the diagnosis and management of infectious diseases in hospitalized patients remain prominent clinical challenges and are associated with a substantial financial burden for healthcare systems.

This may sound like an intimidating technical topic, but I’m going to keep it simple. I went to public schools, so I’m going to leave the complicated math to MIT graduates.[2] Before I dive into the ...