by admin | Mar 20, 2013 | Uncategorized
Early antibiotic administration is a critical step in appropriate sepsis care. However, overuse and misuse of antibiotics, including the unnecessarily prolonged use of antibiotics, can have adverse effects and lead to increased microbial resistance. A Comparative...
by admin | Jan 31, 2013 | Medical
The much anticipated 2012 Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines were released at the annual Society of Critical Care Medicine congress in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The new guidelines are published in the February 2013 issue of Critical Care Medicine (CCM 2013;41(2):580)...
by admin | Jan 14, 2013 | Medical
An update of the 2008 Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC) guidelines is expected in the early part of 2013. Key elements of this update were previewed at the 2012 meetings of the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) and the American College of Emergency Physicians...
by admin | Jan 10, 2013 | Medical, Regulatory
In a proposal released with the 2013 State of the State address, New York state Governor Andrew Cuomo called for the statewide establishment of standardized, evidence-based protocols to facilitate rapid and accurate diagnosis and treatment of sepsis in all New York...
by admin | Dec 23, 2012 | Medical
The usual knee-jerk response to fever is to reduce it (fever here is defined as rectal temperatures >38.3ºC / 101ºF). Although clinicians know that typical fevers below approximately 40-41ºC (104-105.8ºF) are generally harmless for most patients, fevers below this...
by admin | Dec 19, 2012 | Medical
On November 29th, 2012, the FDA’s Anti-Infective Drugs Advisory Committee voted 13-2 to recommend telavancin (Vibativ®) for the treatment of nosocomial pneumonia including hospital- and ventilator-acquired pneumonia (HAP, VAP) caused by MRSA in seriously ill...
by admin | Dec 19, 2012 | Medical
The Sepsis Clinical Guide version 2.0 for iOS includes ESCAVO’s News feed. Here, Sepsis app users will receive periodic news and information in the field of sepsis management, infectious disease, critical care, mobile health, and other relevant topics. We will...
by admin | Sep 2, 2012 | Product News
In recognition of Sepsis Awareness Month, we will be giving away free copies of our popular Sepsis Clinical Guide app during the entire month of September. We want to put this valuable tool in the hands of as many physicians and other healthcare workers as possible,...
by admin | Aug 20, 2012 | Medical
Why a sepsis app? As is it often the case, it’s personal. Sepsis has affected people very close to us and we wanted to do something about it. And we’re not alone. Every year, over 700,000 people are affected by sepsis and over 200,000 die from it in the...
by admin | Jul 27, 2012 | Regulatory
During the July 25th opening session of the 4th mHealth World Congress held in Boston, a heated discussion highlighted the level of interest in the upcoming FDA mobile app guidance, and the agency’s regulation of other new healthcare technologies. According to...
