Sepsis is a complex syndrome with diverse manifestations ... 0.62–1.04). Systemic vasodilatation and arterial hypotension are landmarks of septic shock. Whenever fluid resuscitation fails to restore ...

Telephone 0081 43 226 2129; fax 0081 43 226 2160; emailsakaki{at}med.m.chiba-u.ac.jp OBJECTIVES Urinary dysfunction and orthostatic hypotension are the prominent autonomic features in multiple system ...

Sepsis is defined as a life-threatening dysfunction due to a dysregulated host response to infection. It is a common and complex syndrome and is the leading cause of death in intensive care units. The ...

A recent study published in the Journal of Intensive Care highlighted that early systemic complications in critically ill ...

Following the death of a 10-year-old boy from Tiruvallur district who was diagnosed with Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS), an autoimmune neurological disorder, health officials have said that there was ...

This article provides the resources for the bedside caregiver to conduct a focused physical assessment of the infant with suspected sepsis. The importance of obtaining a complete history to ...

and yet severe hypotension, acidosis, and organ impairment, the classical picture of so-called “warm shock”. Between these two extremes of vasomotor response there are other patients who have a ...

Acute myocardial injury may occur in a variety of cardiac and non-cardiac illnesses (table 1) as a consequence of myocardial oxygen supply-demand mismatch (hypotension, tachycardia or hypoxaemia), or ...

Objectives Patients with SLE take multiple medications. Within a large prospective longitudinal SLE cohort, we characterised ...