Sepsis News

• Scan Failures Leading to Delayed Diagnoses, Says Ombudsman England’s Health Ombudsman has warned of repeated failures in scan readings, leading to delayed cancer diagnoses, unnecessary surgeries, and avoidable deaths.
  Medscape News UK, March 21, 2025
• Antibodies Against Klebsiella: Key for Vaccine Development? The O-specific polysaccharide of Klebsiella pneumoniae in patients with bloodstream infections is immunogenic, and its closely related subtypes are cross-reactive.
  Medscape Medical News, March 17, 2025
• New DNA Test Speeds Up Bacterial Infection Diagnosis A new on-site DNA sequencing method that can deliver bacterial infection diagnoses in 2 days could be rolled out nationwide after a successful validation study.
  Medscape News UK, March 10, 2025
• Antibiotic Resistance in Hospitals Is Worse Than We Thought Hospital sink drains are a hidden reservoir of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, highlighting the urgent need for stricter infection control measures.
  Medscape News UK, March 07, 2025
• Tocolytics Do Not Improve Neonatal Outcomes in Preterm Birth Given at 30 through 33 weeks, the oxytocin receptor antagonist atosiban was linkegestation time but nod to longer t better overall outcomes for threatened preterm birth.
  Medscape Medical News, March 05, 2025
• Maternal Deaths: Why Italy’s Numbers Were Lower Than Reality Before active surveillance, 6 out of 10 maternal deaths were missing from official records; a new system is changing that.
  Medscape News UK, March 05, 2025
• Rapid PCR Testing Shows Mixed Results in Pneumonia Care Rapid syndromic polymerase chain reaction testing in the ICU vs standard-of-care testing improves antibiotic stewardship but fails to demonstrate non-inferiority in the clinical cure of pneumonia within 14 days.
  Medscape News UK, March 03, 2025
• Probiotics Safe in the NICU, but Rare Risks Exist The use of probiotics for infants in the NICU is linked to rare cases of bacteraemia, with no deaths directly caused by the infection, a 10-year study finds.
  Medscape News UK, February 24, 2025
• Think the Urinary Tract Is Sterile? Think Again Researchers confirm that bacteria naturally exist in the urinary tract, influencing kidney stone formation and potentially affecting other renal diseases, opening doors to new treatments.
  Medscape Medical News, February 18, 2025
• J&J, Sanofi Stop E.coli Vaccine Trial Due to Low Effectiveness Johnson & Johnson and partner Sanofi will stop a late-stage trial of an experimental vaccine to prevent infections caused by the E.coli bacteria due to a lack of...
  Reuters Health Information, February 13, 2025
• Early PDAT Shows Promise for Bacteremia Early phenotype-desirable antimicrobial therapy improved 30-day clinical outcomes in Enterobacterales bloodstream infections, highlighting its benefits for antimicrobial stewardship and patient care.
  Medscape Medical News, January 23, 2025
• GLP-1 Benefits, Risks Detailed in ‘Atlas’ Mapping Outcomes The study of more than two million veterans with diabetes details GLP-1 RA use relating to 175 outcomes; without randomization, caution urged in interpretation.
  Medscape Medical News, January 23, 2025
• Study Reveals New Insights in Pneumonia Care for Seniors Neutrophil function was impaired, but glycolysis was unaffected in hospitalized older adults with community-acquired pneumonia and sepsis, showed a recent prospective study.
  Medscape Medical News, January 07, 2025
• The Multipronged Problem of Candida auris C. auris may become more of a problem as it seems to adapt to warming temps and avert treatments.
  Medscape Medical News, December 10, 2024
• Infection Is the Third-Leading Cause of Death in T2D The contribution of infections to mortality in type 2 diabetes is likely underestimated due to the hierarchical structure of ICD-10 codes.
  Medscape News UK, December 06, 2024
• UTI Guideline Offers Clarity, Reveals Gaps The guideline covers a range of clinical topics, including prophylaxis and antimicrobial stewardship, but there is a lack of high-quality evidence on many issues.
  Medscape Medical News, November 12, 2024
• Doctors Caution Over Weight Loss Drug Link to Nurse's Death Use of the weight loss drug tirzepatide was noted on the death certificate of a Scottish nurse, but experts say clinical trials have demonstrated an acceptable safety record.
  Medscape News UK, November 11, 2024
• Is Acute Kidney Injury Really a Single Disease? Acute kidney injury is being redefined as a collection of syndromes, each of which could be targeted by specific biomarkers.
  Medscape Medical News, November 11, 2024
• Digital Twin Model Predicts Sepsis Mortality The virtual model updated data every 15 minutes, providing a dynamic predictor for patient outcomes.
  Medscape Medical News, October 30, 2024
• Landiolol Reduces and Maintains Heart Rate in Septic Shock Landiolol reduced and maintained heart rate without increasing the need for vasopressors in the first 24 hours in patients with septic shock and persistent tachycardia, a trial found.
  Medscape Medical News, October 25, 2024