Sentences with phrase «diagnosing sepsis»

Diagnosing sepsis in newborns is extremely difficult, as signs of infection, such as a high temperature, may not occur — or if they do, they may not be due to an infection.

The initial idea was to use tiny spheres tagged with antibodies or other molecules to diagnose sepsis, the body's life - threatening response to overwhelming infection.

Experts are calling for a global review of guidelines used to diagnose sepsis, after a study found one in eight patients with infections severe enough to need admission to an Intensive Care Unit in Australia and New Zealand, did not meet current criteria.

However, despite these symptoms, more than 13,000 patients from this group did not meet the classic criteria used to diagnose sepsis.

«But our study found that many patients, for example the elderly or those on medications that affect heart rate or the immune system, may not meet the classic criteria to diagnose sepsis, despite having severe infections and organ failure.

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Although many studies have examined the incidence and mortality of patients diagnosed with sepsis in the U.S. over time, the study authors say that so far, the impact of sepsis on overall hospital mortality has been poorly understood.

When a surgical incision, for example, becomes infected, it may result in sepsis if the infection is not diagnosed and treated in a timely manner.