Septic shock is a life-threatening complication of infection that demands rapid recognition and treatment to save lives. From airway support and early antibiotics to careful use of vasopressors, every ...

When an adult patient develops sepsis, clinicians often prescribe corticosteroids to counteract the dysregulated immune ...

Shetland-born swimmer Katie Bain, 25, experienced septic shock in Aberdeen in 2024. This is weekend she is going to run ...

Sepsis accounts for around a third of global deaths, with an estimated 166 million cases and 21·4 million all-cause sepsis-related deaths according to a recent study from the Global Sepsis ...

A locally trained sepsis model shows early warning potential in acute care, but its accuracy varies by the sepsis definition used, and high false positives limit its clinical utility.

Investigators for this study analyzed outcomes among patients hospitalized with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) who have higher risks of adverse health outcomes, in particular sepsis and septic ...

We recommend that a specific anatomic diagnosis of infection requiring emergent source control be identified or excluded as rapidly as possible in patients with sepsis or septic shock, and that any ...

A major study, led by researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Nemours Children's Health, and Children's National ...

An international panel has released the 2026 Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines, updating recommendations for managing sepsis and septic shock in adults. The revisions emphasize earlier detection, ...

Prolonged infusion of beta-lactam antibiotics for sepsis or septic shock tended to improve mortality compared with conventional intermittent infusion in the BLING III trial, and a meta-analysis ...

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We suggest against using IV hydrocortisone to treat septic shock patients if adequate fluid resuscitation and vasopressor therapy are able to restore hemodynamic stability. If this is not achievable, ...