The danger of sepsis

Many people have never heard of it, but sepsis is associated with one in five deaths globally. Also known as septic shock, sepsis has the highest rate of any medical condition – even compared to a heart attack or stroke.

In a study published in The Lancet in January 2020, researchers from the University of Pittsburgh and University of Washington schools of medicine established that there were 48.9 million global cases of sepsis in 2017, which resulted into 11 million deaths – this figure represents one in five deaths worldwide.