Clinicians: sepsis monitor needed.(New technology)(Survey)(Brief article)

* Clinicians: sepsis monitor needed. New technologies and/or methods to solve complexities surrounding the diagnosis and treatment of bacterial sepsis are needed, according to three surveys of physicians conducted by bioMerieux. More than 90% of the doctors surveyed report that they need a tool to help them monitor the progression of sepsis over a 24-hour period because the condition can rapidly turn fatal. Frequently, a physician learns treatment is insufficient only when the patient progresses into full septic shock. "Due to the lack of advancement in sepsis diagnosis and because we know the importance of timely treatment of sepsis, physicians have been forced to continue diagnosing and treating patients with suspected sepsis based on little more than clinical clues," says the medical director of Critical Care Services at Morton Plant Hospital in Clearwater, FL.

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