Austere Environments Consortium for Enhanced Sepsis Outcomes

Launched in 2014, the Austere Environments Consortium for Enhanced Sepsis Outcomes (ACESO) is a prospective observational cohort study of adult patients with suspected sepsis in Cambodia. The study is being conducted at a provincial hospital with the aim to improve early recognition, diagnosis and effective treatment of severe sepsis from all causes.


Other past projects with the U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 2 have included: 


Surveillance and Etiology of Acute Undifferentiated Febrile Illnesses in Cambodia

Hospital-based febrile surveillance study to evaluate and elucidate the causes of febrile illness in Cambodia.

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Acute Disease Among Village Cohorts in Kampong Cham Province

Prospective cohort study to monitor the burden of disease of acute respiratory and diarrheal disease among rural and peri-rural Cambodian villages.

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