Even in the face of increased pressure from regulators, many doctors have failed to fully embrace early screening and treatment protocols for sepsis, an infection-related complication that afflicts ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The 2006 Pediatric Advanced Life Support guidelines can help reduce the duration of pediatric hospital stays ...

Deaths from sepsis declined during the 2 years following implementation of a state mandate requiring hospitals to follow sepsis care bundles and report on patient outcomes, according to a study ...

New York hospitals must report sepsis-related data to the state Department of Health. The establishment of mandatory sepsis protocols at all hospitals in New York State is estimated to have saved more ...

Sepsis is the leading cause of hospital deaths in the United States; New York was the first state to require the adoption of evidence-based protocols for the rapid identification and treatment of ...

A large-scale study shows the benefits for pediatric patients of sepsis protocols that were mandated by New York State in 2013. More than one in 10 children hospitalized with sepsis die. When clinical ...

The implementation of an electronic sepsis protocol coincided with greater use of broad-spectrum antibiotics and an increase of Clostridium difficile infections at a teaching hospital, according to ...

Dr. Donald Berwick contributed significantly to this article. Sepsis kills more than 210,000 Americans each year, equal to the population of Rochester, New York. Sepsis is a bloodstream infection that ...

TUESDAY, July 24, 2018 -- In 2012, Rory Staunton, a 12-year-old living in New York City, became ill after an innocuous scrape to his arm during basketball practice. Five days later Rory was dead, ...