A new definition of sepsis in children was proposed by a team of pediatric experts at the 2024 Critical Care Congress.

An international task force has come up with a new definition of sepsis that could cut the infection risk. The task force, led by doctors at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and the ...

The definition excluded children because their bodies respond to sepsis differently than adults – including how their immune systems attempt to fight off the infection and the way their ...

July 3, 2002 - A survey of more than 1,000 physicians in Europe and the United States illustrates the need for a standardized definition of sepsis, according to the Society of Critical Care ...

It is clear that a consensus definition for sepsis that applies to neonates is a critical need. Reducing the impact of this devastating clinical syndrome requires a concerted approach of ...

What Is Sepsis? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) define sepsis as the body's extreme reaction to an infection, which can include a virus such as COVID -19.

A working definition Unfortunately, the problem has been, and perhaps remains, the lack of a clear consensus on what actually defines sepsis.

James L. Wynn, MD; Hector R. Wong, MD; Thomas P. Shanley, MD; Matthew J. Bizzarro, MD; Lisa Saiman, MD; Richard A. Polin, MD 1 Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine ...

Rates of severe sepsis are higher than estimated in most studies, according to a retrospective review of patients on IV antibiotics in Sweden. “The incidence of traditional severe sepsis was ...