Sepsis happens when the immune system responds dramatically to an infection. Symptoms include a high fever, a rapid heart rate, breathing difficulty, and confusion. Urgent medical attention is ...

In 1992, an international consensus panel defined sepsis as a systemic inflammatory response to infection, noting that sepsis could arise in response to multiple infectious causes and that septicemia ...

Sepsis is a potentially fatal or life changing syndrome wherein the body responds to an infection with a systemic immune response. Many clinicians consider sepsis to have three stages, starting with ...

Larissa Banitt is a registered nurse who combines her English and Nursing degrees in writing health content. She has worked on the floor on a medical-surgical unit and currently works providing care ...

Sepsis, a severe immune response to infection, can trigger body-wide inflammation, significantly increasing the risk of acute kidney failure. Conversely, individuals with kidney disease, especially ...

Hamsa Puthalakath receives funding from La Trobe University's SIF and RFA (UD) for developing novel antibody-based therapeutics for treating poly-microbial sepsis. Sepsis, colloquially known as blood ...

Steve Kerrigan has received research funding from Science Foundation Ireland, Health Research Board of Ireland, Irish Research Council and Enterprise Ireland . Tory MP Craig Mackinlay recently ...