While he may talk funny, Dr. Michael Ferguson is a phenomenal educator who has won our off service teacher of the year award multiple times. This week we share with you his lecture "Updates in Pediatric Sepsis," recorded at the 2017 Maine Medical Center Emergency Medicine Winter symposium.
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It is hard not to get excited about a new treatment for sepsis, a disease that kills over 300,000 people each year in the US. However, there have been so many false promises in the past, it is appropriate to be skeptical. A recent study published online by the journal Chest is turning heads . . . not only because it appears extremely effective, but also because it is a simple, inexpensive treatment. Could this be the silver bullet we have all been looking for?
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