The Japanese clinical practice guidelines for management of sepsis and septic shock 2020 (J-SSCG 2020)

M Egi, H Ogura, T Yatabe, K Atagi, S Inoue, T Iba… - Journal of intensive …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract The Japanese Clinical Practice Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic
Shock 2020 (J-SSCG 2020), a Japanese-specific set of clinical practice guidelines for sepsis …

The pathophysiological basis and consequences of fever

EJ Walter, S Hanna-Jumma, M Carraretto, L Forni - Critical Care, 2016 - Springer
There are numerous causes of a raised core temperature. A fever occurring in sepsis may
be associated with a survival benefit. However, this is not the case for non-infective triggers …

Surviving sepsis campaign: international guidelines for management of sepsis and septic shock: 2016

A Rhodes, LE Evans, W Alhazzani, MM Levy… - Intensive care …, 2017 - Springer
Objective To provide an update to “Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines for Management
of Sepsis and Septic Shock: 2012”. Design A consensus committee of 55 international …

How to optimize the use of blood cultures for the diagnosis of bloodstream infections? A state-of-the art

B Lamy, S Dargère, MC Arendrup, JJ Parienti… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Bloodstream infection (BSI) is a major cause of death in developed countries and the
detection of microorganisms is essential in managing patients. Despite major progress has …

Biomarkers of sepsis

JD Faix - Critical reviews in clinical laboratory sciences, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Sepsis is an unusual systemic reaction to what is sometimes an otherwise ordinary infection,
and it probably represents a pattern of response by the immune system to injury. A hyper …

Clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of intravascular catheter-related infection: 2009 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America

LA Mermel, M Allon, E Bouza, DE Craven… - Clinical infectious …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Intravascular Catheter-Related
Infection: 2009 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America | Clinical Infectious …

Diagnostic accuracy of procalcitonin, neutrophil-lymphocyte count ratio, C-reactive protein, and lactate in patients with suspected bacterial sepsis

L Ljungström, AK Pernestig, G Jacobsson… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Background Early recognition is a key factor to achieve improved outcomes for septic
patients. Combinations of biomarkers, as opposed to single ones, may improve timely …

New approaches to sepsis: molecular diagnostics and biomarkers

K Reinhart, M Bauer, NC Riedemann… - Clinical microbiology …, 2012 - Am Soc Microbiol
Sepsis is among the most common causes of death in hospitals. It arises from the host
response to infection. Currently, diagnosis relies on nonspecific physiological criteria and …

Sepsis: multiple abnormalities, heterogeneous responses, and evolving understanding

KN Iskander, MF Osuchowski… - Physiological …, 2013 - journals.physiology.org
Sepsis represents the host's systemic inflammatory response to a severe infection. It causes
substantial human morbidity resulting in hundreds of thousands of deaths each year …

Acute phase reactants in infections: evidence-based review and a guide for clinicians

A Markanday - Open forum infectious diseases, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Acute-phase reactants such as erythrocyte sedimentation rate and C-reactive protein have
traditionally been used as markers for inflammation and as a measure of “sickness index” in …