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Funding to assess impact of digital sepsis monitoring system on saving lives – Mirage News

Researchers have been awarded over £800,000 to review the impact of a digital alert system to monitor patients with sepsis at NHS hospitals. Sepsis,…

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Researchers have been awarded over £800,000 to review the impact of a digital alert system to monitor patients with sepsis at NHS hospitals.
Sepsis, also known as blood poisoning, is life threatening and accounts for an estimated 48,000 deaths in the UK each year. If diagnosed early it can be treated effectively with antibiotics but the difficulty lies in spotting sepsis before it develops, as symptoms are similar to other illnesses such as flu.
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The team will assess the e…

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