The global burden of sepsis: barriers and potential solutions

This journal article states that the majority of sepsis cases and deaths are estimated to occur in low and middle-income countries. The authors say barriers to reducing the global burden of sepsis include difficulty quantifying attributable morbidity and mortality, low awareness, poverty and health inequity, and under-resourced and low-resilience public health and acute health care delivery systems. Important differences in the populations at risk, infecting pathogens, and clinical capacity to manage sepsis in high and low-resource settings necessitate context-specific approaches to this significant problem. The paper reviews these challenges and proposes strategies to overcome them. These strategies include strengthening health systems, accurately identifying and quantifying sepsis cases, conducting inclusive research, establishing data-driven and context-specific management guidelines, promoting creative clinical interventions, and advocacy.
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news