Sepsis Patients with Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation

Sepsis is a life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by dysregulation of the body's response to infection, and is one of the leading causes of death in intensive care units. In sepsis, the systemic inflammatory reaction... read more

Sepsis: Methods and Protocols

This detailed volume presents a variety of animal models that are commonly used to study sepsis and some key procedures to measure specific disease outcomes. The chapters describe well-established surgical and nonsurgical... read more

Sepsis: Methods and Protocols

Increased Lactate Dehydrogenase to Albumin Ratio Associated with Short-term Mortality in Septic ICU Patients

Elevated lactate dehydrogenase to albumin ratio (LAR) was found to be significantly associated with an increased risk of all-cause mortality at 28 and 90 days in septic patients. LAR was suggested to be promising biomarker... read more

Procalcitonin Correlation with SEPSIS Severity in ICU Patients

High rates of morbidity and death are linked to sepsis, a potentially fatal illness. Procalcitonin (PCT), a biomarker of bacterial infection, is increasingly used in sepsis management to evaluate disease severity and guide... read more

The Role of Rotational Thromboelastometry in Early Detection of the Hemostatic Derangements in Neonates with Systemic Candida Infection

Rotational thromboelastometry (ROTEM) parameters revealed a hypocoagulable profile in neonates during the early stages of SCI, which is also associated with disease severity. The results of this study highlight the need for... read more

Association Between SHR and Mortality in Patients with Heart Failure Complicated by Sepsis

This study suggests that stress hyperglycemia ratio (SHR) may be a valuable predictor of prognosis in patients with heart failure combined with sepsis. Both high and low SHR values are associated with poorer outcomes.... read more

Plasma Proteome Temporal Changes Associated with Sepsis Mortality

Our proteomics approach revealed significant associations between changes in the plasma proteome within the first days of sepsis and mortality as well as disease severity. We identified and characterised the underlying... read more

Strong Ion Difference to Predict Mortality in Septic Shock: Mortality Prediction Model for Admission and 24-hour Mortality

Stewart's model examines the relationship between the movement of ions across biological membranes and the consequent changes in pH related to modifications in three dependent variables which are the strong ion difference... read more

Strong Ion Difference to Predict Mortality in Septic Shock: Mortality Prediction Model for Admission and 24-hour Mortality

Shock Indices as Prognostic Indicators: among Sepsis and Septic Shock Patients with and without Comorbidities Presenting to Emergency Department

Almost 30 million people are affected, and 3 million deaths happen every year because of sepsis. According to WHO's (World Health Organization) Global Report on Epidemiology and Burden of Sepsis report 2020, half of the... read more

Shock Indices as Prognostic Indicators: among Sepsis and Septic Shock Patients with and without Comorbidities Presenting to Emergency Department

Biomarkers in Trauma, Injury and Critical Care (Biomarkers in Disease: Methods, Discoveries and Applications)

This handbook systematically presents biomarkers for traumatic injuries. The book covers topics such as traumatic brain injury, liver injury, burn severity, muscle heart damage, and acute inflammation in polytrauma and their... read more

Biomarkers in Trauma, Injury and Critical Care (Biomarkers in Disease: Methods, Discoveries and Applications)

Heart Rate Control in Septic Shock: Echocardiographic Evaluation and Monitoring

Our study demonstrated a modest reduction in heart rate by approximately 10 beats per minute, accompanied by a slower decrease in noradrenaline requirements com-pared to the control group in the overall population. This... read more

Effect on Norepinephrine Administration Timing on Prognosis of Septic Shock Patients

Norepinephrine initiation ≤1 h is associated with lower 28-day mortality in patients with septic shock. Early norepinephrine administration is also associated with a shorter time to achieve MAP ≥65 mmHg, lower 24-h intravenous... read more

Sepsis: Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment

Sometimes our body's reaction to infection can result in damage to internal tissues and organs. Such a condition is referred to as sepsis. Some of the symptoms of sepsis are high fever, increased heart and breathing rate,... read more

Sepsis: Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment

An Optimal Antibiotic Selection Framework for Sepsis Patients Using AI

In this work we present OptAB, the first completely data-driven online-updateable antibiotic selection model based on Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Sepsis patients accounting for side-effects. OptAB performs an iterative... read more

Personalized Therapies in ARDS

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) can result from a variety of clinical conditions, causing lung injury either directly through local inflammation or indirectly because of systemic inflammatory mediators ARDS is... read more

Personalizing Beta-blockade in Septic Shock

Clinical trials provide only part of the necessary framework for clinical decision-making. In practice, a detailed understanding of each patient’s hemodynamic profile is essential. We believe that the echocardiography-guided... read more

Lymphocyte Count Trajectories Associated with Prognosis of Sepsis Patients

Three distinct lymphocyte trajectories were identified in sepsis patients using GBTM. Trajectory 3 was a strong predictor of 7-day and 28-day mortality, while Trajectory 1 was associated with early death. These findings... read more

Mechanical Ventilation Timing in Sepsis

A recent study by Dr. Kim and colleagues examined the association between the timing of mechanical ventilation (MV) and clinical outcomes in ICU patients with sepsis. The study included 2440 adult sepsis patients from... read more

Outcomes of Older Adults With Sepsis at Admission to an ICU

Our study suggests that treating older adults with therapies recommended by the Surviving Sepsis Campaign may improve outcomes in this age group, although mortality remains high for older adults with sepsis. In addition,... read more

Early Tracheostomy in Ventilated COVID-19 Patients Reduces VAP Incidence

Tracheostomy can reduce mechanical ventilation (MV) duration, ICU and hospital length of stay (LOS), and ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) risk in critically ill patients. The timing of tracheostomy in COVID-19 patients... read more