STAT News – Biotech
STAT+: Sepsis hospitalizations have tripled in Massachusetts. Is it real or a billing game?
It can come seemingly out of nowhere: a patient gets an infection — in the lungs, bladder, or pretty much anywhere — and the body’s immune system overreacts, sometimes so severely the patient ultimately dies.
The condition is called septicemia, or sometimes referred to as sepsis or septic shock. And by the numbers, Massachusetts has seen an alarming increase in cases.
Or has it?