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Healthcare News: Sepsis to blame for large number of worldwide deaths, study shows

In 2017, roughly 48 million incident cases of sepsis were recorded worldwide and 11 million sepsis-related deaths were reported, according to a study published in The Lancet. According to the study, this represents 19.7% of all global deaths.

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