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ArticleHealthcare management forum2024

Reducing the burden of preventable deaths from sepsis in Canada: A need for a national sepsis action plan.

Fatima Sheikh, Victoria Chechulina, Gary Garber, Kathryn Hendrick, Niranjan Kissoon, Laurie Proulx, Kristine Russell, Alison E Fox-Robichaud, Lisa Schwartz, Kali A Barrett

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Article in Healthcare management forum, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Healthcare costs after sepsis: a systematic review.Critical care (London, England) · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Fatima SheikhMcMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-1327-2203
Victoria ChechulinaWestern University, London, Ontario, Canada.
Gary GarberCanadian Medical Protective Association, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Kathryn HendrickSepsis Canada Patient Advisory Council, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Niranjan KissoonBC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Laurie ProulxSepsis Canada Patient Advisory Council, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Kristine RussellSepsis Canada Patient Advisory Council, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Alison E Fox-RobichaudMcMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Lisa SchwartzMcMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Kali A BarrettUniversity of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-7147-2222

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sepsis is a global health threat with significant morbidity and mortality. Despite clinical practice guidelines and developed health systems, sepsis is often unrecognized or misdiagnosed, leading to preventable harm. In Canada, sepsis is responsible for 1 in 20 deaths and is a significant driver of health system costs. Despite being a signatory to the World Health Organization's Resolution WHA 70.7, adopted in 2017, Canada has not lived up to its commitment. Many existing sepsis policies were developed in response to a specific tragedy, and there is no national sepsis action plan. In this article, we describe the burden of sepsis, provide examples of existing, context-specific, reactionary sepsis policies, and urge a coordinated, proactive Canadian sepsis action plan to reduce the burden of sepsis.

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SepsisCanadaCost of IllnessHealth PolicyHumans

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PMID38597370
PMCPMC11348619

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