Severe sepsis and septic shock account for 3% of hospital admissions and 10% of
admissions to the intensive care unit. Almost one-third of patients with severe sepsis die …

Severe sepsis and septic shock are conditions at the fulminate end of the spectrum of
human response to infection. The authors review recently published (within the past 18 …

Severe sepsis is a common condition in the intensive care unit (ICU), affecting some 30% of
ICU patients and associated with mortality rates in excess of 30%[1]. Although there is some …

Severe sepsis and septic shock affect more than 700 000 people annually and represent
approximately $17 billion annually in health care costs. Mortality in patients with 3 or more …

This book is designed to provide a comprehensive and state-of-the-art resource for
clinicians who care for patients with sepsis and research scientist alike,. Patients with severe …

Large epidemiological studies and clinical trials in patients with sepsis all show that the
overall mortality rate is approximately 35%. If one restricts the analysis to patients with more …

Despite numerous advances in medicine, sepsis remains an unconquered challenge.
Although outcomes have improved slightly over decades, the unacceptably high mortality …

This article describes the classification and diagnosis of sepsis, the significant burden it
presents in terms of morbidity, mortality and health economics and current attempts to …

Sepsis is defined as the systemic response to infection, manifested by some of the
conditions for systemic inflammatory response syndrome. It remains the most common …

Sepsis is a complex syndrome that results from a host's response to infection. Simply put, it
is the systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) arising because of documented or …