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Filter by:The German Quality Network Sepsis is an association trying to improve quality of care for patients with sepsis, severe sepsis and septic shock or being in risc thereof. The icosmos trial investigates the impact on the use of routine data, a risk adjustment algorithm and feedback to all hospitals as well as a structured implementation for regular screening for deteriorating patients, and education on in-hospital mortality.
The main objective of this study is to describe the pharmacokinetics of the prescribed echinocandins for septic shock with secondary peritonitis for which intra-abdominal fungal infection is suspected or proven.
Septic shock is common in intensive care and its mortality remains high. While new treatments have not improved survival, optimization of known and widely used techniques has allowed reduction in mortality. Thus improving care given to patients starts with making better use of existing resuscitation techniques. Among these practices, mechanical ventilation is widespread in the management of patients with septic shock. In large studies published in recent years in Europe and North America, 40 to 85% of patients receive invasive mechanical ventilation. It therefore appears that a significant proportion of patients are never intubated during treatment and management of their septic shock. There is no specific recommendation from critical care societies concerning mechanical ventilation in the treatment of septic shock. Apart from indisputable situations such as impaired consciousness or acute respiratoire distress, the decision whether to ventilate mechanically or not is left to the discretion of the physician. The aim of this study is to analyze intubation practice in septic shock patients and its impact on 28-day survival. This multicentric and observational study will be conducted in 30 French ICUs.
We performed a multicenter, prospective, randomized, double-blind, pilot study in four adult medical intensive care units. Patients presenting septic shock were rapidly administered one of two regimens of hydrocortisone, either a 50-mg intravenous bolus every six hours during seven days (200-mg group) or a 100-mg initial bolus followed by a continuous infusion of 300 mg daily for five days (300-mg group). Hydrocortisone was stopped abruptly at the end of treatment.
Ventilatory support during critical phase result in inactivity of respiratory muscles especially diaphragm muscle. These inactivity also result in change of contractile capability and quick muscular atrophy. The aim of the study is to visualize the evolution of diaphragm thickness by echography during Mechanical Ventilation for patients with septic shock or acute respiratory distress syndrome and to compare with the evolution for patients under non-invasive ventilation and those with spontaneous ventilation. Measurements will be performed at day 1, day 5 and day 10 (if patient still under a mode of ventilation or in the unit). The evolution of diaphragm thickness will also be compared to pectoralis muscle atrophy, which is not involved in ventilation, in order to assess respective effect of ventilatory inactivity and undernutrition linked to intensive care.
Norepinephrine (NE) is a potent vasopressor used in septic shock to reverse hypotension. Early infusion of NE was associated with a favorable clinical outcome in a large cohort of patients . When administered early, NE increases cardiac output (CO) in patients with septic shock . This effect was suggested to be mainly related to an increased cardiac preload via the α-adrenergic-mediated decrease in systemic venous capacitance . Whether NE exerts a positive effect on cardiac contractility through β1-adrenergic stimulation is unclear. On the one hand, the sensitivity of β1-adrenergic receptors can be abnormally reduced in septic conditions. On the other hand, such a sepsis-induced down-regulation of β1-adrenergic receptors may occur relatively late and thus, might not be observed when NE is administered early. Our study was designed to examine the inotropic effects of NE when administered in the early phase of human septic shock
Despite evidence of the physiologic benefits and possible lower mortality associated with low chloride solutions, normal saline remains the most wildly used fluid in the world. Given uncertainty about the impact of lower chloride versus higher chloride solutions on mortality, it is unlikely that clinical practice will change without new and direct RCT evidence. Editorials published in leading critical care journals have called for RCT's to address this important clinical question. The proposed feasibility RCT will investigate the feasibility of a large-scale trial directly comparing low chloride versus normal chloride for resuscitation in septic shock on patient-important outcomes such as mortality and AKI.
This prospective randomized multicenter study evaluates whether the decision to prescribe antifungals guided by (1,3)-β-D-glucan in comparison to standard of care shortens time to antifungal therapy and reduces mortality in patients with severe sepsis or septic shock and a high risk of invasive candida infection.
In this pilot randomized prospective controlled trial the investigators intend to compare the use of a nutritional therapy based on caloric intake determined by indirect calorimetry and high protein intake with nutritional regimen based on 25 Kcal / kg / day and protein intake usually recommended for critically ill patients (1.4 to 1.5 grams / kg / day of protein).
Early goal directed therapy (EGDT) is an effective treatment for patients with septic shock, which is widely used in clinic. Fluid resuscitation can significantly reduce the mortality of patients with septic shock and improve the prognosis of patients with EGDT. However, in recent years, the standard of EGDT to determine the existence of the target of septic shock. Some studies have shown that there may be a manifestation of the deficiency of kidney and liver and other organs such as kidney, liver and other organs in the recovery of EGDT. Therefore, this experiment is to explore the brain perfusion and metabolism of the EGDT when the target is reached.The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of EGDT as a guide to the cerebral perfusion and metabolism in order to provide clinical evidence for the treatment of fluid resuscitation in patients with septic shock.