Vitamin C Fails Again As Treatment For Sepsis
Sepsis is one of the most common causes of death for hospitalized patients. The search for an effective treatment has been frustrating.
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Why Some COVID-19 Patients Crash: The Body's Immune System Might Be To Blame
An overblown immune response could be killing a portion of the sick, and some doctors think that new treatments being tested could help at least some of those patients.
Vitamin Treatment For Sepsis Fails In Large Trial
Hopes were high that a cocktail of vitamins and steroids could treat a deadly disease that kills some 270,000 Americans annually. Trial results were disappointing.
Stealth Disease Likely To Blame For 20% Of Worldwide Deaths
Sepsis, or blood poisoning, arises when the body overreacts to an infection. An analysis finds that it may be involved in 20% of deaths worldwide, twice the proportion previously estimated.
'Tantalizing' Results For A Test Of Vitamin C For Sepsis
The biggest study published to date on vitamin C as a treatment for sepsis couldn't say it helped patients. But the paper does hint that people who got the treatment were more likely to survive.
Regulations That Mandate Sepsis Care Appear To Have Worked In New York
Sepsis, the body's overreaction to infection, strikes more than a million Americans a year and kills more than 250,000. Evidence suggests that regulations can improve its diagnosis and patient care.
Vitamin Treatment For Sepsis Is Put To The Test
Researchers have devised a large clinical study to quickly assess whether one doctor's apparently effective treatment for deadly sepsis is a fluke or worthy of widespread use.
How To Prevent Brain-Sapping Delirium In The ICU
People who suffer from prolonged delirium in the hospital are likely to develop long-term mental problems like dementia. Doctors have come up with techniques they say can reduce delirium in the ICU.
Watchdog Group Warns Of "Reckless" Clinical Trial At North Carolina Hospitals
A national consumer watchdog group wants hospitals to end a clinical trial being conducted on sepsis patients.
Critics Trying To Stop A Big Study Of Sepsis Say The Research Puts Patients At Risk
The consumer advocacy group Public Citizen also says the multicenter study of life-threatening sepsis will at best produce confusing results. A Harvard doctor and designer of the research disagrees.