Understanding Sepsis: How big of a problem is it?

In this video, Shamiram Feinglass, M.D., M.P.H, and chief medical officer at Beckman Coulter, explains the scope of #Sepsis worldwide and diagnostic challenges.

Sepsis is a huge global problem. 49 million people, worldwide, are diagnosed with sepsis
every single year. Of those 49 million, 20 percent will die. The cost for treating sepsis,
just in the United States, is 25 billion dollars annually.

Sepsis can be really hard to identify, many people don't realize that. And many people think of sepsis as, oh my gosh this person is the sickest they've ever been, stamped on their forehead, they look like their septic, that's a certain number of people that have sepsis.

There's a whole other group of people that have sepsis that you never know are septic at the time.
They come in looking fairly ok, they don't look horribly ill, but there is something off. The challenge with the people that do not look like they have sepsis.

Meaning you don't suspect sepsis, you have no idea what they have you're running down all these different differentials for a diagnosis. The challenge is when they get extremely septic, they flip, on a dime. They go so quickly into being so incredibly ill, that it's a challenge
to save them.

In the battle to #SolveSepsis, every moment counts. For more information about how Beckman Coulter's is helping to solve sepsis, please visit www.BeckmanCoulter.com/sepsis

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