Sepsis Redefined
Vol. 21 No 4 | Summer 2019
Sepsis remains a significant cause of maternal morbidity and mortality. We have made great headway in treating and preventing other major causative pathologies, yet the rates of maternal deaths secondary to sepsis have remained steady. Across the world, in all branches of medicine, sepsis is recognised as a pathological conundrum in that is difficult to detect early, but vastly important to treat early.
The recognition of sepsis and the many diagnostic tools hospitals employ to detect it early are reviewed in this issue, and it is useful to reflect on measures that are taken in your own practice to ensure that every effort is made to recognise sepsis and recognise it early.
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#TheatreCapChallenge: safety changes and the PatientSafe Network
The #TheatreCapChallenge is the remarkable result of one doctor’s slightly ‘awkward’ decision to scrawl his name and profession across his forehead. This seemingly small action has reverberated globally, as a shared desire to change the attitude towards safety in medicine.
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Leaders in Focus: Prof John Newnham AM
Prof John Newnham has more than 390 publications and 12,000 citations. He has been involved in long-standing collaborations including the US, Canada, China, Japan, Netherlands, Germany, UK and Australia, and he remains an Adjunct Professor at Peking University, Beijing, and Honorary Director of Obstetrics at Nanjing University, China. The John Newnham Oration at the Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand DOHaD Society was named in his honour in 2015.
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