Sepsis and severe infection are one of the most common reasons for admission to hospital, and perhaps the most common cause of inpatient deterioration.
Whilst this statement might well be true, and other than knowing that it is a significant issue, the reality is that we still don’t truly understand the burden of sepsis. This introductory chapter will start by describing how we use the best available data to estimate:
i) How many cases of sepsis we see each year across the United Kingdom (section 2)
ii) How many people die as a result of sepsis (section 3)
iii) The economic burden to our healthcare system and to the wider economy (section 4)
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