Sepsis now a bigger killer than cancer, study suggests
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Sepsis now a bigger killer than cancer, study suggests

Analysis of data from an international study shows there were 11 million sepsis-related deaths globally in 2017, compared with an estimated 9.6 million deaths from cancer in the same year.

Emergency Nurse. 28, 2, 6-6. doi: 10.7748/en.28.2.6.s3

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