Read news stories from our cluster below, and keep up to date by following @Actiononsepsis on Twitter.
October 29, 2020Looking back on a successful Sepsis Awareness MonthThis World Sepsis Day, raising awareness of sepsis was more important than ever, as the global COVID-19 pandemic brought renewed attention to the global burden and long-term impacts of severe infectious illnesses. As a result of the pandemic, Action on Sepsis moved its advocacy activities online...Learn more
September 16, 2020Global, regional, and national sepsis incidence and mortality, 1990–2017: analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study - Publication SpotlightIn January 2020, a groundbreaking study on the global burden of sepsis was published in The Lancet. Cluster member Dr. Tex Kissoon is a co-author on the publication as well as Executive Medical Director of Global Health for Women and Children at BC Children’s Hospital and a Professor at UBC. Here,...Learn more
September 1, 2020Congratulations to Clare Komugisha, recipient of the Sepsis Alliance’s International Pediatric Sepsis Nurse Award!Congratulations to Clare Komugisha , Research Supervisor at Walimu and recipient of the 2020 Sepsis Alliance’s International Pediatric Sepsis Nurse Award ! Clare has worked with the Smart Discharges Team since 2012, helping develop, validate, and implement their risk stratification and educational...Learn more
July 27, 2020Plein Feux sur la Recherche - Diagnostiquer la sévérité d’une septicémie reliée à la COVID-19La septicémie est une maladie complexe. Précédemment, le Dr. Bob Hancock et son équipe à UBC ont découvert que les patients souffrant d’une septicémie peuvent être regroupés en 5 endotypes distincts . Tandis que les patients de chaque groupe ont tous souffert d’une septicémie, les voies d’...Learn more
July 27, 2020Research Spotlight – Diagnosing the severity of COVID-19-related sepsisSepsis is a complex disease. Previously, Dr Bob Hancock and his team at UBC found that patients suffering from sepsis can be grouped into 5 distinct endotypes . While patients in each group all develop sepsis, the underlying gene expression pathways and molecular phenotypes are distinct for each...Learn more
July 16, 2020Le COVID-19 peut-il causer une septicémie?Le 7 avril 2020, le Global Sepsis Alliance a fait une mise à jour sur la relation entre la COVID-19 et la septicémie . Notre patiente partenaire Sue Korstad nous résume cette mise à jour avec les points saillants suivants: Il existe des différences importantes entre la grippe saisonnière et le...Learn more
July 16, 2020Can COVID-19 Cause Sepsis?On April 7, 2020, the Global Sepsis Alliance provided an update on the relationship between COVID-19 and sepsis . Here, our patient partner Sue Korstad provides the key takeaways: There remain critical differences between the seasonal flu and the novel coronavirus disease, COVID-19. COVID-19 has...Learn more
July 2, 2020Welcome to our newly established Patient Council!We are excited to introduce the newest members of the cluster and founding members of the newly established Action on Sepsis Patient Advisory Council members: Marie-Maxime Bergeron | Susan Korstad | Kristine Russell Last month, the council met for the first time and identified the priority areas...Learn more
June 19, 2020Saving young lives: Triage and management of sepsis in children using the point of care Paediatric Rapid Sepsis Trigger (PRST) toolIn 2019, Dr Tex Kissoon established a new collaboration between UBC and the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) to lead a health system strengthening project to improve the quality of care for children with sepsis. Working with coapplicants Drs Ansermino and Dumont, this quality improvement (...Learn more
May 4, 2020Publication Spotlight - Generating Randomized Trial Evidence to Optimize Treatment in the COVID-19 Pandemic.In April, Dr Srinivas Murthy and collaborators from McGill University and the University of Toronto publihsed a commentary in CMAJ discussing the importance of collaborative, randomized controlled trials for evaluating treatments for COVID-19, and outlining Canada’s current involvement in these...Learn more
