{"id":20590,"date":"2019-07-16T15:14:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-16T15:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/2019\/07\/16\/regulations-that-mandate-sepsis-care-appear-to-have-worked-in-new-york\/"},"modified":"2019-07-16T15:14:00","modified_gmt":"2019-07-16T15:14:00","slug":"regulations-that-mandate-sepsis-care-appear-to-have-worked-in-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/regulations-that-mandate-sepsis-care-appear-to-have-worked-in-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"Regulations That Mandate Sepsis Care Appear To Have Worked In New York"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Richard Harris<\/a><\/span> <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n <\/a><\/div>\n
\n
\n
\n Enlarge this image<\/a>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n
\n

\n Bacteria (purple) in the bloodstream can trigger sepsis, a life-threatening illness.<\/p>\n


\n
\n Steve Gschmeissner\/ScienceSource
\n <\/a>
\n <\/b>
\n hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n <\/div>\n


\n
\n Steve Gschmeissner\/ScienceSource
\n <\/a>
\n <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

An unusual state regulation that dictates how doctors need to treat a specific disease appears to be paying off in New York, according to a study published Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The disease is sepsis, which is the most common cause of death in hospitals. And the regulations came into being after the story of 12-year-old Rory Staunton became a cause c\u00e9l\u00e8bre.<\/em><\/p>\n

As his mother Orlaith Staunton tells it, Rory came home from school one day with a scrape he’d gotten in gym class. It didn’t seem like a big deal, but Rory’s health quickly took a turn.<\/p>\n

“During the night I heard him throwing up and I went out and he said, ‘It’s my leg, Mom, it’s my leg.'”<\/p>\n

His temperature spiked above 103 and he couldn’t keep anything down the next day, so she took him to their pediatrician in New York City. <\/p>\n

The doctor decided Rory had the flu and sent him on to the hospital to get fluids. Staunton says doctors in the emergency room decided it was simply a stomach bug and sent him home. But Rory kept getting worse.<\/p>\n