Sepsis blood test combined with AI could offer early detection tool | Sepsis
Doctors say a combination of simple blood tests and artificial intelligence could help diagnose sepsis more quickly and identify patients most at risk of serious complications. Sepsis is a serious condition in which the body is unable to respond properly to infection. It can progress to septic shock, which can damage the lungs, kidneys, liver, […]
Sherri Moody loses ‘mummified’ limbs after sepsis infection
A Texas high school teacher whose hands and feet turned black and “mummified” and had all of her limbs amputated after a seemingly routine infection says she is choosing to be happy despite her terrifying ordeal. Sherry Moody, a 51-year-old student teacher in the Houston suburb of Deer Park, started feeling like she might have […]
Son charged with murder after elderly mom died of sepsis brought on by his hoarder home: report
A California man has reportedly been charged with murder after his elderly mother died from septic shock. Septic shock is thought to be caused by the poor environment in which the two men lived. Authorities last Wednesday charged Richard Towers, of Santa Ana, with felony counts of murder and injury to an elderly person. It […]
Boy, 5, died from sepsis after developing multiple infections inside Chicago migrant center: autopsy
A 5-year-old Venezuelan immigrant boy died of sepsis after contracting multiple infections in a filthy Chicago immigration center that sickened several others. Jean Carlos Martinez was suffering from multiple illnesses, including COVID-19 and group A streptococcus, which “quickly became fatal.” The city of Chicago said in a statement:. Martinez died on Dec. 17 after shelter […]
Venezuelan migrant child died of sepsis at Chicago shelter: autopsy report
A 5-year-old Venezuelan immigrant boy who fell ill and later died at a Chicago immigrant shelter before Christmas died from a bacterial infection that causes sepsis and strep throat, autopsy results released Friday show. It was revealed. Jean Carlos Martinez Rivero died Dec. 17 of a group A streptococcal infection that can cause strep throat […]