by admin | Apr 3, 2017 | Medical
Background A definitive cure for sepsis has eluded physicians and scientists since the advent of modern medicine. Over the years, numerous agents have undergone testing in clinical trials, but most have shown limited to no efficacy for the treatment of this deadly...
by admin | Sep 22, 2016 | Uncategorized
As many of you know, September is Sepsis Awareness Month, a time when many hospitals and healthcare professionals and organizations throughout the world come together to increase public and professional awareness of sepsis. Although great strides have been made in...
by admin | Mar 14, 2016 | Medical
Recently, we’ve been making a number of important updates to the content of our Sepsis app that we would like to briefly review here. These updates have been made to the English version of the Sepsis app and will soon be made to the Spanish version in the coming...
by admin | Feb 23, 2016 | Medical, Uncategorized
An expert 19-member task force convened by the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) and the European Society for Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) has announced new definitions for sepsis and septic shock at the 45th annual Critical Care Congress currently taking...
by admin | Nov 7, 2015 | Uncategorized
It has been a while since our last blog post and we never bother our users with appeals, but we think this is very important. Please take a few minutes to read this post and vote for sepsis! The NASCAR Foundation has selected Dr. Carl Flatley, founder of the Sepsis...
by admin | Mar 18, 2014 | Medical
The long-awaited results of the Protocolized Care for Early Septic Shock (ProCESS) multicenter, randomized clinical trial were released today in the March 2014 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. ProCESS compared mortality and other outcomes in 1341 patients...
by admin | Nov 5, 2013 | Medical
We want to remind participants in the IMPRESS study that there are now fewer than 2 DAYS left until its start. IMPRESS is an observational study designed to assess the incidence and clinical patterns of septic syndromes on a single day, November 7th, in ICUs and...
by admin | Sep 16, 2013 | Uncategorized
IMPRESS (International Multicentre PREvalence Study on Sepsis) is an observational study on sepsis and septic shock sponsored by the European Society of Intensive Care (ESICM) and the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM). IMPRESS will analyze de-identified patient...
by admin | Sep 10, 2013 | Uncategorized
September 13th is World Sepsis Day, a day dedicated to increasing awareness of sepsis and its devastating consequences among the public and healthcare professionals. Please visit the World Sepsis Day and Global Sepsis Alliance websites to find out more about this...
by admin | Mar 26, 2013 | Uncategorized
Eritoran, a promising first-in-class agent for combating Gram-negative sepsis, failed its Phase 3 clinical trial, according to the results of the ACCESS trial published in the March 20th issue of JAMA. Eritoran is synthetic lipid A antagonist that blocks...
