The new code, which went into effect Oct. 1, is meant to foster better communication between hospitals, home-care and other post-acute providers regarding ongoing care for sepsis survivors. Four ...

The agency outlined “core elements” needed to detect and treat the condition, a factor in 1.7 million hospitalizations in the U.S. each year. By Emily Baumgaertner On a Wednesday afternoon in 2012, 12 ...

Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the Nashville Veterans Affairs Medical Center have "cracked" the genomic code for sepsis in the lungs and kidneys. They have demonstrated, in an ...

Septic shock was associated with persistent independent excess mortality over five years after hospital discharge, whereas in sepsis without shock, this was largely explained by pre-existing ...