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Summer, Sun, and Sepsis: The Impact of Heat, Humidity, and Season on Sepsis

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In this talk, Tina Chen discusses the relationship between climate change and critical illness, particularly sepsis. She highlights how environmental changes, such as temperature and vector behavior, can affect disease patterns and increase the burden of vector-borne diseases and enteric infections. Climate change also leads to antibiotic resistance, changes in supply chain, and increased risk of sepsis in certain seasons and temperatures. Chen also discusses the impact of extreme heat, cyclones, and hurricanes on mortality, hospital admissions, and infectious and respiratory-related deaths. The talk concludes with a call to mitigate the risks and reduce waste in order to lessen the impact of climate change on critical illness.

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Sepsis, 2023

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Type: one-hour concurrent | The Interaction of Climate and Environment With Critical Illness Risks and Outcomes (SessionID 1164287)

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Content Type Presentation

Knowledge Area Sepsis

Membership Level Professional

Membership Level Select

Tag Sepsis

Year 2023

Keywords

climate change

critical illness

sepsis

vector-borne diseases

enteric infections

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