For many diseases, the time to treatment plays an important role. Severe blood poisoning, also known as sepsis, is particularly time-critical. Doctors in Switzerland want to improve the situation with this disease with a bouquet of measures.
If a patient’s kidneys fail, the organ function can be ensured by the dialysis machine.
The problems start with the name. Who in Switzerland knows the term sepsis? Let alone what this diagnosis is all about. A group of doctors wants to change that. On Tuesday, the international day of sepsis, the doctors launched a plan to combat sepsis. With an efficient and nationally coordinated approach, they want, as they write in a media release, not only to save lives, but also to help reduce healthcare costs.