Early communication regarding prognosis and goals of care is crucial to ensuring a patient-centred approach to managing high-risk conditions such as septic shock. Identifying people at risk of poor ...

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 ...

Study Objectives: To determine possible differences in morbidity and mortality between early and late onset of septic shock in ICU patients. Design: Systematic data collection. Setting: Thirty-one–bed ...

We randomly assigned patients with septic shock who were undergoing mechanical ventilation to receive hydrocortisone (at a dose of 200 mg per day) or placebo for 7 days or until death or discharge ...

A Korean/U.S. collaborative study has shown that increased circulating mitochondrial N-formyl peptide (mtFP) contributes to development of secondary hospital-acquired (nosocomial) infections and ...

Investigators for this study analyzed outcomes among patients hospitalized with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) who have higher risks of adverse health outcomes, in particular sepsis and septic ...

Patients with heart failure frequently suffer from fluid overload, and for those with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) also suffering from septic shock—a condition often treated ...