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- Title
The quadruple burden of sepsis.
- Authors
Dugani, Sagar; Laxminarayan, Ramanan; Kissoon, Niranjan
- Abstract
The article discusses the global burden of sepsis. Topics discussed include the United Nations World Health Assembly's (WHA) launch of a resolution to recognize sepsis as a global challenge and to improve its prevention, diagnosis and treatment, the need for resilient and robust health systems in the management of sepsis, and the quadruple burden of the disease which includes medical, social, political and economic.
- Subjects
SEPTICEMIA prevention; SEPTICEMIA treatment; WORLD health; INTERNATIONAL cooperation on public health; WORLD Health Assembly
- Publication
Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ), 2017, Vol 189, Issue 36, pE1128
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1503/cmaj.171008