Sepsis

Despite being life-threatening, sepsis can be easy to miss

However, other medical, mental health risks similar at 1 year for COVID, flu, and sepsis patients

Death and drug resistance unchanged no matter the duration of treatment

Black patients had longer admissions compared with their white counterparts, study finds

Study turned up lower likelihood of survival for Black children

Greatest risk reduction for GI, soft tissue interventions

Mortality impact of restrictions on IV fluids in the ICU were weighed in the CLASSIC trial

Surprising results from the LOVIT trial

Facility needs to have enough nurses on staff for such "complex care," researcher warns

Researchers call for trials testing its use in guiding early empirical antibiotic treatment

This past week in healthcare investigations

But how generalizable is experience from one center?

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