Maternal prothrombin time measured at delivery was the only independent maternal laboratory predictor of neonatal sepsis in ...

An international team of experts recently came together to update sepsis care guidelines for adults for the first time since ...

Early-onset neonatal bacterial infection is a major cause of morbidity and mortality, especially in preterm newborns. It is most often caused by ascending infection via the maternal genital tract.

Researchers created an algorithm that uses electronic health records and standardized diagnostic criteria to identify and track pediatric sepsis across the United States.They estimated that there were ...

Hospital patients are at risk of a number of life-threatening complications, especially sepsis—a condition that can kill within hours and contributes to one out of three in-hospital deaths in the U.S.

A new study found that a multifaceted infection prevention and control intervention could at least temporarily thwart ...

LISBON, Portugal — A shift toward broader-spectrum antibiotics and increasing antibiotic resistance has led to high levels of mortality and neurodevelopmental impacts in surviving babies, according to ...

A complication of infection known as sepsis is the number one killer in US hospitals. So it’s not surprising that more than 100 health systems use an early warning system offered by Epic Systems, the ...