Society and Culture
A large international collaboration was established to educate people about sepsis and to improve patient outcomes with sepsis, entitled the "Surviving Sepsis Campaign". The Campaign has published an evidence-based review of management strategies for severe sepsis, with the aim to publish a complete set of guidelines in subsequent years.
In 2012 a paper was published raising concerns regarding the use of hydroxyethyl starch in sepsis. The pharmaceutical company, Fresenius Kabi, that makes the product is threatening to bring legal action against the author, Anders Perner, as they disagree with the results. The academic community has raised concerns regarding this sort of behavior by a corporation.
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