Despite major advances in neonatal care during the past few decades, bacterial sepsis continues to be a major cause of mortality and morbidity in preterm very low birth weight (VLBW) infants. 1, 2 ...
A dangerous and often deadly condition, sepsis affects more than a million Americans every year and the cases continue to increase. A new study examines whether procalcitonin (PCT) testing helps to ...
Sepsis, a host-mediated response to a systemic infection, is a leading cause of mortality worldwide (1). Early recognition of infection and initiation of effective therapy is essential to reducing ...