1. Reducing the burden of preventable deaths from sepsis in Canada: A need for a national sepsis action plan.
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Sheikh F, Chechulina V, Garber G, Hendrick K, Kissoon N, Proulx L, Russell K, Fox-Robichaud AE, Schwartz L, and Barrett KA
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- Humans, Canada epidemiology, Health Policy, Cost of Illness, Sepsis mortality
- Abstract
Sepsis is a global health threat with significant morbidity and mortality. Despite clinical practice guidelines and developed health systems, sepsis is often unrecognized or misdiagnosed, leading to preventable harm. In Canada, sepsis is responsible for 1 in 20 deaths and is a significant driver of health system costs. Despite being a signatory to the World Health Organization's Resolution WHA 70.7, adopted in 2017, Canada has not lived up to its commitment. Many existing sepsis policies were developed in response to a specific tragedy, and there is no national sepsis action plan. In this article, we describe the burden of sepsis, provide examples of existing, context-specific, reactionary sepsis policies, and urge a coordinated, proactive Canadian sepsis action plan to reduce the burden of sepsis., Competing Interests: Declaration of conflicting interestsThe author(s) declared the following potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: GG is an employee of the Canadian Medical Protective Association. NK is the president of the Global Sepsis Alliance. LS is funded by the Arnold L. Johnson Chair in Health Care Ethics, an endowed Chair at McMaster University. AFR is the Scientific Director of Sepsis Canada, a CIHR-funded network, and holds the Hamilton Health Sciences Chair in Sepsis Research. KB has consulted for Fresenius Medical Care. The other authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.
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- 2024
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