¿Qué es la sepsis?

Although 2700 years ago Homer mentioned it in one of his poems, sepsis remains the great unknown of 21st century medicine. Few even know that this short word defines one of the leading causes of death in the Western world, above the total sum of deaths caused by various cancers and the dreaded myocardial infarction. According to the most popular encyclopedias, sepsis is a life-threatening syndrome of physiological, pathological and biochemical abnormalities associated with an infection. Actually, there is much more. In this book you will find the story of a scientist who, unintentionally, set out to study an exciting topic. Like him, you too will be able to understand what sepsis is and how to avoid it, what has been done to treat the sick, what are the active lines of research to cure it, why it has been silenced and unknown, why it appears in the patients with COVID-19 ... All this without elaborate words, but with rigor. A story that is both scientific and personal that will travel through multiple geographies: starting in Havana and ending in Madrid. Shall we start talking?