Researchers developed a machine learning model that could identify children in the ED who were at risk for developing sepsis ...
A simple blood test can tell doctors when it is safe to stop antibiotics in patients recovering from sepsis, a review led by ...
"We believe that our findings could be useful to guide the clinical evaluation in the emergency department in different ways . . . procalcitonin level should be evaluated not only on admission, but ...
Evidence-based recommendations on procalcitonin testing for diagnosing and monitoring sepsis (ADVIA Centaur BRAHMS PCT assay, BRAHMS PCT Sensitive Kryptor assay, Elecsys BRAHMS PCT assay, LIAISON ...
This may sound like an intimidating technical topic, but I’m going to keep it simple. I went to public schools, so I’m going to leave the complicated math to MIT graduates.[2] Before I dive into the ...
Daily assessment of procalcitonin (PCT), rather than standard care alone, led to patients spending significantly less time on antibiotics cumulatively in the first 28 days (9.8 days vs 10.7 days, ...
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Sepsis is a life-threatening medical emergency that occurs when an infection causes a chain reaction throughout the body that can lead to the failure of multiple organs in rapid ...