Medical experts have proposed a new definition of pediatric sepsis at the Society for Critical Care Medicine’s congress. They created the Phoenix Sepsis Score, a new mortality-rate prediction mechanism, using data from measures of organ dysfunction. It performed better than existing criteria and is designed to reduce misdiagnoses and be applicable in diverse hospital settings.
The True Cost of Focusing on Cost Instead of Cost-Effectiveness
When payors consider only the cost of the medication and not the cost and risk to the patient, doctor, and healthcare system, the irony is
