Patients with sepsis at higher risk of stroke, heart attack after hospital discharge
Monday, September 10, 2018 - 08:30
in Health & Medicine
Patients with sepsis are at increased risk of stroke or myocardial infarction (heart attack) in the first 4 weeks after hospital discharge, according to a large Taiwanese study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). Sepsis accounts for an estimated 8 million deaths worldwide, and in Canada causes more than half of all deaths from […]