A Practical Guide to Sepsis and Meningitis Claims
Hogarth, Isaac
Sepsis is a life-threatening complication of infection which requires rapid treatment and management. Untreated, it can lead to multi-organ failure and death. There are approximately 250, 000 cases of sepsis in the UK each year, leading to at least 46, 000 deaths. There has been a growing appreciation within the medical community of sepsis, and new guidelines were published in 2016. Claims relating to sepsis often involve failure to monitor ob...