article_snippet.sent: Sepsis, previously known as septicaemia, affects more than 100,000 Britons a year and kills 37,000 – more than breast, bowel and prostate cancer combined.
article_snippet.sent: Now a snapshot NHS study reveals that on one surgical ward at a leading teaching hospital, 90 per cent of patients failed to get the correct treatment, involving a simple set of lifesaving measures known as Sepsis Six.
article_snippet.sent: The study of 23 patients with sepsis at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary revealed just one in ten had The study of 23 patients with sepsis at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary lactate levels tested.
article_snippet.sent: Only 40 per cent were given oxygen, and staff failed to measure urine output in nearly a third of cases.
article_snippet.sent: Dr Ron Daniels, chief executive of the UK Sepsis Trust who helped devise Sepsis Six, warns that, despite being a small sample, the finding of The study of 23 patients with sepsis at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary was far from unusual.
article_snippet.sent: Delays in the identification and treatment of sepsis can have serious consequences for patients,’ says Dr Seng Wong, who carried out the Edinburgh audit.
article_snippet.sent: Dr Seng Wong, who carried out the Edinburgh audit research also found Sepsis Six awareness improved after a three-month staff training and a poster campaign.
article_snippet.sent: More than half of subsequent patients had More than half of subsequent patients lactate measured, 60 per cent were given oxygen and 90 per cent had More than half of subsequent patients urine measured.
article_snippet.sent: At A&E I waited four hours in a side room.
article_snippet.sent: Although I had typical symptoms of sepsis, none of the doctors recognised I was dying.
highlights_snippet.sent: Experts have warned hospitals not using standard treatment for sepsis .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: 10% of patients at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary ward given correct treatment .
  