Sepsis kills. Prompt care saves kids' lives

(University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences) More than one in 10 children hospitalized with sepsis die, but when a series of clinical treatments and tests is completed within an hour of its detection the odds of death shrink 40 percent, according to the largest ever analysis of pediatric sepsis. The study supports an initially controversial New York State mandate, likely encouraging it's expansion to other states.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news