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Open Access 01-12-2018 | Commentary

Sepsis is a preventable public health problem

Authors: Jordan A. Kempker, Henry E. Wang, Greg S. Martin

Published in: Critical Care | Issue 1/2018

Abstract

There is a paradigm shift happening for sepsis. Sepsis is no longer solely conceptualized as problem of individual patients treated in emergency departments and intensive care units but also as one that is addressed as public health issue with population- and systems-based solutions. We offer a conceptual framework for sepsis as a public health problem by adapting the traditional model of primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention.

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Title: Sepsis is a preventable public health problem
Authors: Jordan A. Kempker
Henry E. Wang
Greg S. Martin
Publication date: 01-12-2018
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Critical Care / Issue 1/2018
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-018-2048-3

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