Sepsis is extremely common and accounts for as many deaths as heart attack each year. Recently published guidelines summarise the most up-to-date method of caring for these patients, giving hope for improved recovery. More than 100,000 people are admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) somewhere in Australia each year. For around one in five of these patients (20,000 people), the main reason for their admission is sepsis, and more than 20% (about 4,000 people) of them won’t survive to go home.
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