Sepsis Therapy
Studies from University Hospital, Infectious Diseases Division describe new findings in sepsis therapy
Published in Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly, February 2nd, 2007
Fresh data on sepsis are presented in the report "Role of routine blood cultures in detecting unapparent infections during continuous renal replacement therapy. Continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) is frequently employed in the management of renal failure in unstable intensive care patients. At some centers, blood cultures are performed routinely while on CRRT to monitor for occult bacteremia," investigators in Quebec, Canada report.
"We questioned the role of routine blood cultures (RBC) in diagnosing underlying infections in these often afebrile patients. Retrospective cohort study (1998-2003). Medical, surgical and pediatric intensive care units in a tertiary...
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