The traditional definition of sepsis requires the presence of at least two systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) criteria in addition to a suspected or proven infection. A recent large ...

JENA, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SIRS-Lab today announced that the EU regulatory authorities have granted the CE mark for VYOO, a molecular diagnostic test for pathogen detection in sepsis. With VYOO, ...

The consensus definition of severe sepsis requires suspected or proven infection, organ failure, and signs that meet two or more criteria for the systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS). We ...

What is systemic inflammation and how many different underlying causes are there? Firstly, it is necessary to make a distinction between systemic inflammation and Systemic Inflammatory Response ...

ORLANDO, Florida — Monocyte distribution width is a better marker of sepsis than white blood cell count in the emergency department, according to new research. "In our feasibility study, the new ...

Researchers have identified a biomarker -- a biological 'fingerprint' -- for sepsis in the blood, and showed it could be possible to diagnose the condition within two hours by screening for this ...