In adults hospitalized with suspected sepsis, piperacillin-tazobactam was associated with a higher mortality rate and increased duration in organ dysfunction compared with cefepime, according to a ...

For critically ill patients on antibiotics for suspected sepsis, monitoring one biomarker safely shortened the course of these medications in the ADAPT-Sepsis randomized trial. Daily assessment of ...

Improved targeting of antibiotics for people with suspected sepsis should be adopted by clinicians to ensure patients receive the most appropriate treatment and the medicines are not overused, England ...

People believed to have sepsis who take piperacillin-tazobactam (Zosyn) and vancomycin have a 5% absolute mortality increase at 90 days compared with those who take cefepime and vancomycin, a new ...

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Adults hospitalized with sepsis who received timely antibiotics delivery and fluid resuscitation showed higher discharge rates to the home, according to a March study published in Chest. The study ...

In pediatric patients with sepsis presenting to the emergency department (ED), administering antibiotics 330 minutes or later increases the risk for mortality by over three times. The study used a ...

In emergency rooms and intensive care units across the country, clinicians make split-second decisions about which antibiotics to give a patient when a life-threatening infection is suspected. A new U ...

The updated 2026 Surviving Sepsis Campaign pediatric guidelines offer 61 recommendations on infection control, hemodynamics, ...

"Real Housewives of Orange County" star Vicki Gunvalson, 62, is sharing her recent health scare after she was hospitalized with sepsis, a potentially deadly disease that results from the body’s ...