Sepsis - when an infection causes the immune system to improperly target the body - is one of the leading causes of death in the ICU. While many studies have examined the dynamics that lead to sepsis, ...

Grieving parents call for better sepsis training to be introduced urgently so no family goes through what they did.

Sepsis is a leading global cause of hospital deaths, occurring when the body's response to infection damages tissue and ...

While our immune systems typically do a great job containing pathogens and clearing infections, they can occasionally overreact. When the immune response to infection becomes excessive, it causes ...

BETHAN James was just 21 when she died of sepsis, after medics dismissed her symptoms several times. Her parents have since ...

Blood infection, medically known as sepsis, is one of the leading causes of death, because the body’s response to infection damages tissue and causes organs to fail. Africa has the ...

A large-scale study of adults who survived sepsis found that a specialized recovery program delivered mixed results — reducing deaths but not reducing overall hospital readmissions among people ...

Major trial finds immediate or high-dose TB treatment does not lower overall mortality in HIV-related sepsis, except in ...

The mother of a man whose sepsis wasn’t detected until it was too late has said ‘a part of me died with him’. Russell McLuckie, from Denny, near Falkirk, died aged 28 from multi-organ failure through ...

Sepsis is not contagious, although some contagious infections can lead to sepsis. Some infections are more likely to result in sepsis, and certain people are at higher risk of developing it than ...