Mandatory Reporting Tied to Improved Sepsis Tx, Survival

New York study examines impact of "Rory's Regulations"

New York state hospitals' adherence to sepsis protocols increased and sepsis mortality declined after reporting became mandatory, researchers said.

The analysis of sepsis reporting data from 185 New York hospitals from April 2014 through June 2016 found that sepsis protocols were initiated in 81.3% of eligible patients, most often in emergency care settings.

Effort to Decrease Misdiagnosis Launched

-Barriers to accurate diagnosis still present, group says

WASHINGTON -- Misdiagnosis is still a big problem, and more awareness of the issue is needed, several experts said Thursday.

"Every 9 minutes, someone in a U.S. hospital dies due to a medical diagnosis that was wrong or delayed," Paul Epner, MD, said at an event here sponsored by the Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine (SIDM). "It's estimated each year between 40,000 and 80,000 deaths can be attributed to inaccurate or delayed diagnosis."

World Sepsis Day 2018: New protocol saves lives

As part of World Sepsis Day, we cover a recent study into newly implemented sepsis protocols. It concludes that they improve care and decrease the risk of death by 15 percent.

Sepsis in numbers

There are more than 1.7 million cases of sepsis in the United States each year and around 270,000 result in death. Of all deaths that occur in hospital, 1 in 3 are due to sepsis.

Sepsis death in Doncaster hospital prompts mother to speak out

The mother of a 26-year-old woman whose death from sepsis was "avoidable" is speaking out to prevent more deaths.

Anna Hemmings died in Doncaster Royal Infirmary in October 2015.

An investigation by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) has found staff did not diagnose and treat the sepsis quickly enough, and she died as a result.

Anna's mother, Katie Hemmings, urged patients to speak out to medical staff if they have sepsis symptoms.

Time To Terminate "Assisted Dying"

IN 2002 Belgium legalized the murderously chilling act of euthanasia, whereby doctors and nurses kill patients with their supposed consent. Holland had formally done the same the year before. This practice, all too reminiscent of what Nazi Germany did before WWII to the mentally handicapped and to people with very serious disabilities, is justified these days not by Hitlerian theories of "purifying the race," of course, but as a "humane" way to deal with those who are suffering mortal illnesses and in extreme pain.

Sepsis Awareness Day

Flanked by Putnam County Hospital officials, Greencastle Mayor Bill Dory signs a proclamation supporting Sept. 13 as Sepsis Awareness Day in the City of Greencastle, urging citizens to note the occasion as the life-threatening illness is responsible for a quarter-million American deaths each year with more than 1.5 million cases of sepsis occurring in the country. 

What are the first signs of sepsis?

What are the first signs of sepsis?

Sepsis Symptoms

• Fever and chills.
• Very low body temperature.
• Peeing less than normal.
• Rapid pulse.
• Rapid breathing.
• Nausea and vomiting.
• Diarrhea.
• According to these symptoms, my husband had SEPSIS when he was discharged from the Hospital on April 6, 2017, but because they suck so bad they did absolutely NOTHING to help him!!!