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Early detection of sepsis a potential breakthrough in COVID-19 battle

from Regina Leader-Post

Early detection of sepsis a potential breakthrough in COVID-19 battle Regina Leader-Post As COVID-19 continues to ravage our healthcare systems, the race to find solutions is on. For Dr. Bob Hancock, a Vancouver-based microbiologist, this means tackling sepsis — a potentially life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by the body's response to an infection, and the second-leading cause of death among COVID-19 patients. "The goal is to tell the physician within an hour whether or not a patient will develop sepsis — who'll go down quick and who won't," said Hancock. "The right patients can be moved to the ICU immediately." READ MORE

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