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Lake Success, New York (Vocus) 29 September 2010

Jackie For Wang, it was just a garden-variety infection was slowing. But her doctor realized that the 29-year-old Manhasset, NY woman sick enough to go to the emergency room. When she learned at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, his bodyâ? S immune system had led a major attack on endangered his lungs and other organs? and his life.

is half a million Americans each year, sepsis or septic shock, a potentially fatal immune reaction which, more than 200,000 deaths annually in the United States claims. Jackie Wang is one of the lucky ones. She survived.

from a coma 10 days, what was needed to save his life induced awoke and learned she had blood poisoning, the young woman looked confused, what ??????????? s sepsis ? She asked. She is not alone. About 60 percent of adults do not know what is sepsis, a new survey by the Institute for Medical Research Feinstein, a part of the system of the North Shore-Lij promote health. The survey of 1,000 adults in the United States found that:

Feinstein Institute published the results of the survey on the heels Merinoff Symposium, a two-day international conference that brought together more than 150 scientists, doctors and other experts from 18 countries sepsis. The conference is this Thursday and Friday, September 30th and 1st October at the Feinstein Institute in Manhasset, NY, recognized as a leader in sepsis research, receives more dollars per year in grants Related Research sepsis.

â? Lack of awareness and understanding is one of the most important challenges we face in healthcare today, â? said Kevin J. Tracey, MD, President of the Feinstein Institute and a pioneer in research sepsis. â? A death in four hospitals are caused by sepsis, but most Americans have never heard of the condition. Sepsis is a mystery to most> Americans.â ????

â? I was very surprised when they told me I had sepsis. I never heard of him, a part? She said. Ms. Wang shares her story so that the public gains an understanding of the state. â? This could be done to ????

anyone.â

also todayâ? s press conference Carl Flatley, DDS, founder and president of the Sepsis Alliance, an organization, the early detection and effective management of sepsis were concentrated. A Florida dentist, Dr. Flately founded the group after her daughter’s 23-year-old healthy woman entered a hospital for elective surgery in 2002 and later died of sepsis five days. Then he became a victim himself sepsis.

fight against sepsis in North Shore LIJA? s 15 hospitals throughout the greater New York, Dr. Tracey has shared with Kenneth Abrams, MD, the health care system? s senior vice president started the clinical operations that find a program, the nursing staff to early signs of infection in patient characteristics, and the first sign of trouble, to treat early and aggressively.

About the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research

headquarters in Manhasset, NY, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research is home to international scientific leaders in cancer, leukemia, lymphoma, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s disease? S disease, psychiatric disorders, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, sepsis, inflammatory bowel disease, diabetes, human genetics, neuroimmunology, and medicinal chemistry. Feinstein researchers develop new drugs and therapeutic targets, and producing results where science meets the patient, per year enroll approximately 10,000 patients in clinical research programs.

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Cell: 516-491-5617 pin (at) NHHS (dot) edu
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