Sepsis
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Facts about sepsis:
About 3 out of 1,000 people develop sepsis in the US each year.
Sepsis is more common in males than in females.
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Foley RN, Guo H, Snyder JJ, Gilbertson DT, Collins AJ. Septicemia in the United States dialysis population, 1991 to 1999. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2004 Apr;15(4):1038-45.
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