Friday 17 January 2020

Sepsis killing almost twice as many people worldwide than previously thought, new study warns

Sepsis killing almost twice as many people worldwide than previously thought, new study warns Nearly twice as many people around the world are dying of sepsis than was previously thought, according to a new global study.

Researchers found that the condition, in which the body suffers an out-of-control response to infection, caused 11 million deaths globally in 2017 out of a total of 49 million cases. Previous estimates had said there were about 6 million deaths a year worldwide. The Independent

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