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Letters Sepsis: getting the balance right

Sepsis recognition algorithms add to the toxic NHS working environment

BMJ 2020; 368 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m134 (Published 14 January 2020) Cite this as: BMJ 2020;368:m134
  1. Susan Martin, GP (not practising)
  1. Oldham, UK
  1. cook.sue88{at}gmail.com

Morgan and Majeed’s article raises valid points about the potential overdiagnosis of sepsis but ignores the effects of current sepsis recognition algorithms and systems on the doctor.1

The main reason I decided to stop working in primary care a few …

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