Settling the Cefepime versus Piperacillin-Tazobactam Debate
If you work in the emergency department, you’re out there in the trenches “suspecting sepsis” on a…
Sepsis
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Settling the Cefepime versus Piperacillin-Tazobactam Debate
If you work in the emergency department, you’re out there in the trenches “suspecting sepsis” on a... -
Updates in the Management of Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock
Sepsis is a life-threatening organ dysfunction secondary to a dysregulated host response to an infection; an estimated... -
Diagnosing Sepsis, the Next Generation
Whether in the context of febrile illness, mild delirium, or the dreaded “weak and dizzy,” sepsis lurks...
Updates in the Management of Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock
Sepsis is a life-threatening organ dysfunction secondary to a dysregulated host response to an infection; an estimated…
Diagnosing Sepsis, the Next Generation
Whether in the context of febrile illness, mild delirium, or the dreaded “weak and dizzy,” sepsis lurks…
The Surviving Sepsis Campaign Creates COVID-19 Guideline
Editors’ Note: This article was accepted on Sept. 7, 2021, and was accurate at that time. Because…
ACEP Calls for Revisions to SEP-1 Bundle
In early September, ACEP signed a letter to the National Quality Forum calling for the Severe Sepsis…
ACEP Sepsis Task Force Report Delivers Key Insights
Perhaps no group of clinicians knows more about diagnosing and treating sepsis than emergency physicians. We routinely…
Breaking Updates in Critical Care and Stroke
Early this year, two important conferences outside our specialty unveiled a spate of new findings whose impact…
2019 Research Highlights: Seizures, Pulmonary Embolism, Cardiac Arrest, and Sepsis
Each year, the medical evidence piles inexorably higher. Even though it’s literally impossible to keep up, we…
Vitamin C Not a Magical Cure for Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock
Is a vitamin C–based cocktail the cure for severe sepsis and septic shock? If you read headlines…
When the Antibiotic Combination “Vosyn” Isn’t Enough for Sepsis
Emergency physicians are frequently shamed by hospital antibiotic stewards for overprescribing vancomycin and Zosyn (piperacillin/tazobactam), a combination…