Johns Hopkins University researchers have shown that hospitals can more accurately classify sepsis patients into four distinct categories that prioritize early interventions for those at the highest ...

Among hospitalized patients with septic shock, those with vs without low serum chloride levels or requirement for continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) have higher mortality ...

Polymyxin B hemoadsorption was associated with reduced mortality at 28 days and 90 days in patients with endotoxic septic shock (ESS).

Sepsis is a life-threatening condition that occurs when the body’s immune system has an extreme response to an infection.

Similar incidence of death, new renal-replacement therapy, persistent kidney dysfunction reported with balanced fluid and 0.9 ...

ORLANDO -- Only about a quarter of intensive care unit (ICU) patients with septic shock were given corticosteroids, and this varied widely by physician and ICU, according to a retrospective cohort ...

Intravenous thiamine supplementation causes a decline in renal replacement therapy (RRT) requirement in patients with septic shock, particularly in those with thiamine deficiency. Patients receiving ...

Vasopressin caught fire as an adjunct vasopressor for sepsis about 20 years ago. The rationale was that septic patients are vasopressin deficient, at least relatively, and they require exogenous ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers evaluated randomized controlled trial data of esmolol and landiolol in adults with septic shock. The ...

The loss of memory and cognitive function known to afflict survivors of septic shock is the result of a sugar that is released into the blood stream and enters the brain during the life-threatening ...