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October 11, 2024
Sepsis Alliance and Sepsis Forum: Bench. Bedside. Beyond Join Forces for the 5th Annual Sepsis Alliance Summit
For the first time, Sepsis Alliance joined forces with Sepsis Forum: Bench. Bedside. Beyond, to offer a 3rd day of the 5th annual Sepsis Alliance Summit focused on global viewpoints on sepsis. This was held on Friday, September 27, marking an important milestone in the ongoing fight against sepsis…
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April 29, 2024
The New Phoenix Sepsis Criteria: Globally-Relevant Criteria for Defining Pediatric Sepsis and Septic Shock
In February this year, the international Society of Critical Care Medicine and the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine Pediatric Sepsis Definition Task Force released the Phoenix criteria for sepsis and sepsis shock in children (read more here and here). These new criteria…
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February 27, 2024
New Insights into Bloodstream Infections in Children Hospitalized for Influenza
A recent study, led by the Canadian Immunization Monitoring Program ACTive (IMPACT) Network, has provided critical insights into the clinical course and risk factors associated with bloodstream infections in children hospitalized for influenza, commonly known as the flu. Bloodstream infections…
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December 12, 2023
New Study Provides Critical Insights into Effective Practices for Taking More Accurate Spot Check Pulse Oximetry Measurements
Pulse oximeters are devices for measuring the amount of oxygen in someone’s blood, called blood oxygen saturation. When combined with other clinical signs, health workers use this information to identify patients who require urgent medical attention, including those with sepsis. This can lead to…
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November 21, 2023
Revolutionizing Sepsis Treatment: How Mendelian Randomization Can Help Identify Causal Relationships
Sepsis is the life-threatening response to an infection leading to organ dysfunction and death and affects millions of people each year worldwide. There is significant variation in how sepsis progresses in different individuals, and how individuals respond to existing treatments for sepsis. It is…
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October 31, 2023
Cracking the Code of Sepsis: How SeptiSearch is Changing the Game for Diagnosis and Treatment
Sepsis is a life-threatening disease that occurs when an infection damages the body's own tissues and organs. Worldwide, it causes an estimated 11 million deaths per year. However, health workers and researchers still do not fully understand the biological pathways that control if and how a patient…
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September 5, 2023
COVID-19 Pandemic Policies Pose Unique Challenges for Mothers of Preterm Infants in the NICU
A recent study published in Advances in Neonatal Care examined the experiences of mothers of preterm infants admitted to the NICU during the COVID-19 pandemic. The team, based out of the University of British Columbia and the BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute, discovered that policy…
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July 5, 2023
New Study Highlights High Burden of Post-Discharge Death Among Children Hospitalized for Sepsis in Uganda
The transition from hospital to community care is key to improving child survival in low-income countries. Research recently published in the Lancet, shows that countries such as Uganda see as many deaths from sepsis after hospital discharge as during admission. “We’re showing that the post…
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April 5, 2023
Register now for the 4th World Sepsis Congress!
Join us for the 4th World Sepsis Congress hosted by the Global Sepsis Alliance on April 25 and 26, 2023. Over the course of two days and 16 highly relevant and diverse sessions, the congress will feature more than 85 speakers from more than 30 countries speaking on all aspects of sepsis, including…
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February 6, 2023
Nursing Students Advocate for Sepsis Education and Awareness in Rural BC
In Canada, one in 18 deaths involves sepsis. For those living in rural and remote areas of the country, the risks are higher due to an increased risk of infection that can lead to sepsis and limited access to the care needed to prevent, diagnose, and treat sepsis. Fourth year nursing students Nola,…