Sepsis Death Articles & Analysis
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Robert Hancock at The University of British Columbia, is raising awareness about sepsis: a serious medical condition that is the body’s overwhelming and life-threatening response to infection that can lead to tissue damage, organ failure, and death. ...
The Colovac solution addresses the most serious complication of colorectal surgery - anastomotic leakage, the leaking of fecal content in the abdominal cavity, which can lead to sepsis or even death. Leakage is typically managed by placing a diverting ostomy to protect the surgical anastomosis during healing and is surgically closed 3 to 6 months after the ...
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C. difficile is a bacterium that causes debilitating symptoms such as severe diarrhea, fever, stomach tenderness or pain, loss of appetite, nausea and colitis (an inflammation of the colon).1 Estimated to cause up to half a million illnesses and thousands of deaths annually in the US alone every year, C. difficile infection is considered an urgent threat to public health by the ...
Ferring and Rebiotix, a Ferring Company, will present two oral abstracts describing translational studies of investigational microbiome-based therapeutics RBX2660 and RBX7455 for the treatment of recurrent Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infection These data presentations strengthen the company’s leadership and scientific and clinical understanding of the two investigational ...
The NHS has saved hundreds of people from sepsis thanks to better use of digital technology in hospitals. In a major nationwide push to tackle the condition, including a one hour identification and treatment ambition, new ‘alert and action’ technology is being introduced which uses algorithms to read patients’ vital signs and alert medics to worsening conditions that are a ...
Diseases that can result from C. diff infections include: • pseudomembranous colitis (PMC) • toxic megacolon • perforations of the colon • sepsis • death Antibiotic treatment of C. diff infections can be difficult, due both to antibiotic resistance as well as physiological factors of the bacteria itself. ...