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Study: Most sepsis-associated deaths caused by co-existing conditions

Most sepsis-associated deaths are linked to other underlying causes and are not preventable with better sepsis care alone, indicates recently published research.

On an annual basis, sepsis affects about 1.7 million American adults and is linked to more than 250,000 deaths.

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