LaPolla, Ann E

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According to the Global Sepsis Alliance (2012) sepsis is a medical emergency and one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Sepsis and its associated syndromes are common and associated with substantial morbidity and mortality in the general population (Rivers et al., 2001). In 2006, Martin, Mannino & Moss wrote that it was the leading cause of death in non-coronary intensive care units and the tenth leading cause of death overall in the United States. Data from recent surveys indicates that a significant knowledge deficit about sepsis exists among healthcare providers and the general worldwide. In a 2012 study of barriers to early detection and treatment of severe sepsis in a large urban emergency department in the United States, Burney et al. found that twenty-eight percent of physicians and eighty-six percent of nurses reported they were unfamiliar with SIRS (Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome) a sometime pre-cursor of sepsis. Burney et al. (2012) stated that the

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