Arjen M. Dondorp
Martin W. Dünser • Marcus J. Schultz
Editors

2019

Soon after the concept of sepsis had been described, research unveiled the enormous burden sepsis puts on patients, society, and healthcare services. However, most research came from high-income countries, and it inadvertently suggested that sepsis was primarily a disease condition encountered in emergency departments and intensive care units in North America, Europe, and Australasia. Over time it became apparent that the true epidemic of sepsis had so far gone unnoticed.