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Background Almost one third of the patients with candidemia develop septic shock. The understanding why some patients do and others do not develop septic shock is very limited.
Matteo Bassetti +30 more
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ObjectivesThe purpose of this article was to establish and validate clinically applicable septic shock early warning model (SSEW model) that can identify septic shock in hospitalized children with onco-hematological malignancies accompanied with fever or
Long Xiang +21 more
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Effect of stress doses of hydrocortisone on S-100B vs. interleukin-8 and polymorphonuclear elastase levels in human septic shock [PDF]
Stress doses of hydrocortisone a re known to have immunomodulatory effects in patients with hyperdynamic septic shock. The prognosis correlates with the presence and severity of septic encephalopathy. However, neurological evaluation is influenced by the
Anderson +46 more
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Background: Sepsis is the leading cause of mortality in intensive care units (ICUs). However, early diagnosis and prognosis of sepsis and septic shock are still a great challenge.
Huan Chen +7 more
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Topical issues of clinical symptoms and diagnostics of septic shock
Currently, septic shock remains an unresolved public health problem that leads to serious epidemiological, economic and social problems. Septic shock is a common hemodynamic disorder caused by the interaction between pathogenic microbes and host cells ...
Liliya I. Gomanova, Marina A. Fokina
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Changes in Circulating Procalcitonin Versus C-Reactive Protein in Predicting Evolution of Infectious Disease in Febrile, Critically Ill Patients [PDF]
Objective:Although absolute values for C-reactive protein (CRP) and procalcitonin (PCT) are well known to predict sepsis in the critically ill, it remains unclear how changes in CRP and PCT compare in predicting evolution of: infectious disease ...
Groeneveld, A.B.J. (Johan) +1 more
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Arterial catheterization and in-hospital mortality in sepsis: a propensity score-matched study
Background Despite the extensive use of arterial catheterization (AC), clinical effectiveness of AC to alter the outcomes among patients with sepsis and septic shock has not been evaluated.
Qitian Ou +8 more
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IntroductionSeptic shock, largely caused by intestinal perforation, is the most common critical illness in intensive care unit (ICU). As an important quality control strategy in ICU, deep vein thrombosis (DVT) prevention is routinely used in the ...
Lu Wang +9 more
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A model of porcine polymicrobial septic shock
Background Sepsis is a life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection. Mortality of patients with sepsis is high and largely unchanged throughout the past decades.
Finnja Marie Zurek-Leffers +12 more
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Circulating Biologically Active Adrenomedullin Predicts Organ Failure and Mortality in Sepsis [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Sepsis is a life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection. Biologically active adrenomedullin (bio-ADM) is an emerging biomarker for sepsis.
Bergmann, A. +4 more
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