Point-of-care sensors for the management of sepsis.

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Point-of-care sensors for the management of sepsis.

Nat Biomed Eng. 2018 Sep;2(9):640-648

Authors: Reddy B, Hassan U, Seymour C, Angus DC, Isbell TS, White K, Weir W, Yeh L, Vincent A, Bashir R

Abstract
Point-of-care sensors that enable the fast collection of information relevant to a patient's health state can facilitate improved health access, reduce healthcare costs and improve the quality of healthcare delivery. In the diagnosis of sepsis - defined as a life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection, and the leading cause of in-patient death and of hospital readmission in the United States - predicting which infections will lead to life-threatening organ dysfunction and developing specific anti-sepsis treatments remain challenging because of the significant heterogeneity of the host response. Yet the use of point-of-care devices could reduce the time from the onset of a patient's infection to the administration of appropriate therapeutics. In this Perspective, we describe the current state of point-of-care sensors for the diagnosis and monitoring of sepsis, and outline opportunities in the use of these devices to dramatically improve patient care.

PMID: 31015684 [PubMed - in process]

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