A deadly viral illness is exploding in West Africa. Researchers are scrambling to figure out why
Reporting for this story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. Irrua, Nigeria, and Kenema, Sierra Leone— Sitting on a bench outside the Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital (ISTH) in Edo state in southwestern Nigeria in September 2023, Muhammed Luqman Dagana recounted his ordeal earlier in the year with Lassa fever, a deadly hemorrhagic disease of West Africa. At first the 33-year-old wasn’t alarmed—his fever, headache, body aches, and cough were innocuous enough. A doctor at his local clinic gave him antibiotics for typhoid fever and antimalarial drugs. But his symptoms persisted, so he tried anoth...
Source: ScienceNOW - February 22, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news

Thiamine Offers Renal Protection in Septic Shock Thiamine Offers Renal Protection in Septic Shock
A post hoc analysis suggested that thiamine supplementation improved renal replacement therapy-free survival in patients with septic shock.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Emergency Medicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape Emergency Medicine Headlines - February 19, 2024 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Ashley Park Returns To Work On ‘Emily In Paris’ Season 4 After Septic Shock Scare
UPDATE 2/12: Ashley Park has rejoined her Emily In Paris co-stars on the set of the Netflix comedy series, which has been filming its fourth season in Paris for several weeks. The actor, who had been recuperating after suffering a critical septic shock over the holidays, posted a note on Instagram…#ashleypark #netflix #instagramsunday #lilycollins #emily (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Novel Criteria Validated for Pediatric Sepsis, Septic Shock
MONDAY, Jan. 29, 2024 -- The Phoenix Criteria are valid for identifying sepsis and septic shock in children, according to two studies published online Jan. 21 in the Journal of the American Medical Association to coincide with the Society of... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - January 29, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Newly Unveiled Criteria for Pediatric Sepsis Can Improve Diagnoses
(MedPage Today) -- PHOENIX -- The novel Phoenix sepsis criteria, created by the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) Pediatric Sepsis Definition Task Force, improved diagnosis of pediatric sepsis and septic shock compared with existing criteria... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - January 23, 2024 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news

Ashley Park Says She ’s in ‘Throes of Recovery’ From Critical Septic Shock
Ashley Park, who stars in Netflix’s “Emily in Paris” as well as “Beef,” shared that she has been recovering from critical septic shock, a severe form of the bacterial condition known as sepsis. The “Joy Ride” actress traced her condition, in which the body and immune system conducts an extreme…#ashleypark #netflix #beef #joyride #paulforman #peforman #icu #tinafeys #meangirls #madamepark (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

‘Emily in Paris’ Star Ashley Park Hospitalized for Critical Septic Shock, Now Recovering: ‘I’m Safely on the Other Side of the Worst’
Ashley Park announced on Instagram that she is recovering from a bout of illness that hospitalized her for the first few weeks of 2024. The “Emily in Paris” star wrote that while on vacation in December she developed tonsillitis, which “spiraled into critical septic shock, which infected and…#ashleypark #paulforman #icu #joalibeing #maldives #joyride #beef #season4 #netflix #lilycollins (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Ashley Park Recuperating From Critical Septic Shock
Ashley Park, the Broadway and Emily in Paris star who recently had a pivotal role in the hit, Emmy-winning Netflix series Beef, revealed today that she is recuperating from critical septic shock, a severe form of sepsis in which the body overreacts to an infection. “As I sit her processing and…#ashleypark #broadway #emily #netflix #beef #paulforman #mamma #naomi #aliwongsamy #maldives (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Role of Hydrocortisone, Fludrocortisone in Septic Shock Role of Hydrocortisone, Fludrocortisone in Septic Shock
Twenty years after abandoning hydro/fludro for septic shock, Dr Holley will use it again, with some reservations.Medscape Critical Care (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - November 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Critical Care Viewpoint Source Type: news

Landiolol Does Not Reduce Organ Failure in Septic Shock Patients With Tachycardia
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 1, 2023 -- An infusion of landiolol does not reduce organ failure among patients with septic shock with tachycardia, according to a study published online Oct. 25 in the Journal of the American Medical Association to coincide with... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - November 1, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

6 Stories Show the Human Toll of Poland ’ s Strict Abortion Laws
This project was supported by the Pulitzer Center [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Krzysztof Sowinski has cried every day since his wife Marta, who was five months pregnant, died of sepsis in 2022; he believes doctors put Marta’s life in danger by not giving them the option to terminate the pregnancy while the fetus’ heart was still beating. Janusz Kucharski also lost his partner Justyna to sepsis in the fifth month of a pregnancy. She left behind two boys. It is likely, reproductive-rights advocates say, that these women would be alive if not for Poland’s increasingly restrictive abort...
Source: TIME: Health - October 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Anna Pamula Tags: Uncategorized abortion Source Type: news

Vasopressin May Promote Lower Mortality in Septic Shock Vasopressin May Promote Lower Mortality in Septic Shock
Clinical trial data showed the value of vasopressin in reducing catecholamine doses.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines)
Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines - August 1, 2023 Category: Intensive Care Tags: Pulmonary Medicine News Source Type: news

Report Alleges Narcan Revived Madonna, But Drug ’s Use Raises Questions
Because Narcan isn't typically used in instances of septic shock, the public is left with more questions than answers regarding its alleged use in Madonna ’s case. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - July 8, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Joshua Cohen, Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation business pharma & standard Source Type: news

Madonna Revived by Narcan? Doc Assaults Employee; Semaglutide Compounders Sued
(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require subscriptions. Madonna was reportedly found unresponsive and revived by a naloxone (Narcan) injection to combat acute septic shock before her ICU stay for a bacterial infection. But some experts... (Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology)
Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology - July 7, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news

Madonna Revived by Narcan; Doc Assaults Employee; Semaglutide Compounders Sued
(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require subscriptions. Madonna was reportedly found unresponsive and revived by a naloxone (Narcan) injection to combat acute septic shock before her ICU stay for a bacterial infection. (Radar Online... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - July 7, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news