Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
CDC Sepsis Resources:
- What is sepsis?
- How can I get ahead of sepsis?
- How is sepsis diagnosed and treated?
- Surviving sepsis.
- Clinical guidelines and reports.
Category: Sepsis
Sepsis and Health Equity Fact Sheet
Sepsis Alliance
Highlights many racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities related to sepsis. The fact sheet includes the following sepsis disparities:
- Black and other nonwhite people have nearly twice the incidence of sepsis as whites
- Non-Hispanic black children admitted to an emergency room are less likely to be treated for sepsis than non-Hispanic white children
- Native Hawaiians have almost twice the burden of sepsis mortality compared to whites
- Black children are 30% more likely than white children to develop sepsis after surgery
- Children with severe sepsis or septic shock who are black or Hispanic are about 25% more likely to die than non-Hispanic white children
- Adults below the poverty line have more than three to four times the risk of dying of sepsis compared to adults whose family income is at least five times the poverty line
Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Sepsis
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
This resource reviews approaches to the diagnosis of sepsis, describes approaches to empiric treatment of sepsis, supports the recognition of when to stop and narrow antibiotic therapy in patients with suspected sepsis and discusses durations of therapy for patients with sepsis.