Conclusions In this largest reported pediatric severe sepsis cohort to date, prevalence increased from 2004 to 2012 while associated mortality decreased. Age, cardiovascular comorbidity ...

For infants born before 34 weeks of gestation and with a birth weight <1,000 g, probiotics used in neonatal units are ...

It's a copycat killer—often mimicking less severe conditions and delaying much-needed, timely treatments. But sepsis—an ...

Bizzarro, MD; Lisa Saiman, MD; Richard A. Polin, MD 1 Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN. 2 Division of Pediatric Critical Care ...

Background: We sought to screen for clinical and laboratory features of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis among pediatric patients with severe sepsis. Methods: We conducted a retrospective study that ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), sepsis happens when an infection ... medical facilities like urgent cares and pediatrics,” she continued.

which then turned into sepsis, per U.K. newspapers The Times, The Telegraph and The Independent. On Thursday, Dec. 19, Hewes' mother, Deborah Burns — who is head of pediatrics at the hospital ...

Febrile infants aged 22 to 60 days were less likely to be hospitalized or receive antibiotics after the AAP published updated ...

American Academy of Pediatrics clinical practice guideline for well-appearing febrile infants has led to a reduction in ...

The present study examined changes in circulating oxidative components in a neonatal sepsis model. Subjects were 14 newborn mixed-strain piglets randomly divided into two groups: a cecal ligation ...

Indiana University School of Medicine researchers and their collaborators in Uganda at the Makerere University School of Medicine have uncovered a significant connection between elevated uric acid ...