University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine physicians are leading an international task force seeking to redefine sepsis, according to Pittsburgh Business Times.
Here are three notes:
1. A task force updated the definitions for sepsis and septic shock 15 years ago.
2. The international task force aims to redefine sepsis due to new research University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine published.
3. "Considerable advances have been made in the study and care of sepsis and septic shock in the past 15 years, and there is an urgent need to help the medical community do a better job identifying septic patients quickly and start life-saving treatment," said Derek C. Angus, MD, chair of Pitt's department of critical Care medicine, in a statement. "Our intent is that this definition results in greater consistency for epidemiologic studies, clinical trials and — perhaps most important — better recognition and more timely management of patients with, or at risk of developing, sepsis."
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