Blood test could spot sepsis early
Posted: 15 May 2015, 09:13Blood test could spot sepsis early: 'Silent killer' may be diagnosed in less than an hour
Sepsis – or septicaemia – is one of the biggest causes of hospital deaths
Scientists found the often lethal blood poisoning leaves 11 tell-tale signs
Discovery raises hope of simple test which could give results in an hour
By Fiona Macrae Science Correspondent For The Daily Mail
Published: 23:38, 13 May 2015 | Updated: 08:53, 14 May 2015
Scientists have cracked the secrets of one of Britain’s biggest killers – paving the way for a lifesaving blood test.
They have shown that sepsis, a potentially fatal type of blood poisoning, leaves 11 tell-tale signs in the blood.
The discovery raises hope of a simple blood test that rapidly picks up the illness, saving some of the 40,000 lives lost to it a year in the UK.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... -hour.html
Sepsis – or septicaemia – is one of the biggest causes of hospital deaths
Scientists found the often lethal blood poisoning leaves 11 tell-tale signs
Discovery raises hope of simple test which could give results in an hour
By Fiona Macrae Science Correspondent For The Daily Mail
Published: 23:38, 13 May 2015 | Updated: 08:53, 14 May 2015
Scientists have cracked the secrets of one of Britain’s biggest killers – paving the way for a lifesaving blood test.
They have shown that sepsis, a potentially fatal type of blood poisoning, leaves 11 tell-tale signs in the blood.
The discovery raises hope of a simple blood test that rapidly picks up the illness, saving some of the 40,000 lives lost to it a year in the UK.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... -hour.html