Sepsis is a life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection. To decrease the high case fatality rates and morbidity for sepsis and septic shock, there is a need to increase the accuracy of early detection of suspected sepsis in prehospital and emergency department settings. This may be achieved by developing risk...

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Source: A change in diet is part of treating inflammatory bowel diseases like Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. Now researchers have tracked specific changes in the gut microbiome and the metabolic products they produce as being a likely important part of remission.