PSS+ is the modified Phoenix Sepsis Score. The Phoenix Sepsis Score 4-organ-system criterion (PSS-4), which is based on the cardiovascular, respiratory, coagulation and neurological organ systems, is ...
The Phoenix Sepsis Score 8-organ-system (PSS-8) is an expanded score based on the 8-organ-system model (adding the endocrine, immunological and renal organ systems to the PSS-4). The pediatric ...
Fast identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing (fast ID/AST) for sepsis has the potential to prevent approximately 84,400 sepsis cases and 36,200 sepsis-related deaths in the US each ...
An international team of experts recently came together to update sepsis care guidelines for adults for the first time since 2021. The updates have profound implications for the management of sepsis, ...
McMaster University researcher Fatima Sheikh is part of a team developing a national action plan on sepsis identification.
Sepsis, the body’s extreme and potentially life-threatening response to an infection, has drawn renewed public attention following the death of NASCAR driver Kyle Busch at age 41. While sepsis can ...
The death of NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Busch, whose family said he had severe pneumonia that progressed to sepsis, has renewed questions about a condition many people have heard of but few fully ...