Greg S. Martin

TL;DR: The task force concluded the term severe sepsis was redundant and updated definitions and clinical criteria should replace previous definitions, offer greater consistency for epidemiologic studies and clinical trials, and facilitate earlier recognition and more timely management of patients with sepsi or at risk of developing sepsic shock.

TL;DR: The rate of sepsis due to fungal organisms increased by 207 percent, with gram-positive bacteria becoming the predominant pathogens after 1987, and the total in-hospital mortality rate fell, yet the total number of deaths continued to increase.

TL;DR: In clinical data from 409 hospitals, sepsis was present in 6% of adult hospitalizations, and in contrast to claims-based analyses, neither the incidence of sepsi nor the combined outcome of death or discharge to hospice changed significantly between 2009-2014.

TL;DR: This review aims to highlight current thinking regarding albumin therapy in the critical care and hepatological setting and also discusses other potential therapeutic applications for its use based around the complex biochemistry of this multifunctional plasma protein.

TL;DR: The incidence of sepsis is disproportionately increased in elderly adults, and age is an independent predictor of mortality, which has implications for patient care and health care resource prioritization.