2023-09-18 21:11:44
The dissemination of awareness actions, such as the declaration of World Sepsis Day, September 13th, aims to mobilize the fight once morest the disease that causes around 240 thousand deaths per year in Brazil, according to a publication by the Brazilian Hospital Services Company. In order to expand the debate on the main aspects of the disease in children, as well as the importance of early diagnosis, the ILAS (Latin American Sepsis Institute) will hold this Tuesday, 19/09, at 8pm, a webinar with the themes “Sepsis: why early recognition is so important” and “The scenario of pediatric sepsis in Latin America”, aimed at to healthcare professionals.
The incidence of sepsis in Brazil is high. In 2017, according to data published in the magazine The Lancet, 420 thousand cases were registered in ICUs, with a fatality rate of 55%. Currently, between 47 million and 50 million cases are recorded every year, with a high lethality: 11 million deaths, of which 40% in children under 5 years old, or one death every 2.8 seconds, according to data of Global Sepsis Alliancewhich makes sepsis a global health priority.
The invited experts are Dr. Flávia Machado, associate professor and head of the Intensive Care sector of the Intensive Care Department at the Federal University (SP), general coordinator of ILAS and president of BRICNET; Dr. Daniela de Souza, doctor with a master’s degree and doctorate in Pediatric Medicine from the University of São Paulo, currently a doctor at Hospital Sírio-Libanês and doctor at UTIP-HU at the University of São Paulo, and president of ILAS; and Dr. Norma Hernandez, medical director of bioMérieux Latam.
The webinar will be broadcast live and will have simultaneous translation into Spanish. More information and registration at the link:
Nos sites do ILAS it is possible to find information, materials and guidance for health institutions to use in the process of implementing the managed sepsis protocol (www.diamundialdasepse.com.br) and also for the general public to learn more regarding the disease and post-sepsis rehabilitation (https://reabilitasepse.com.br/).
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