Steroid bursts associated with an increased risk for severe adverse events
1. Patients experienced a greater incidence of severe adverse events during the 3-month period following prescription of a steroid burst ...
Tag: sepsis
#VisualAbstract: Effect of Vitamin C Infusion on Organ Failure and Biomarkers of Inflammation and Vascular Injury in Patients With Sepsis and Severe Acute Respiratory Failure
1. In this randomized clinical trial, intravenous infusion of high-dose vitamin C vs placebo for 96 hours resulted in no ...
Vitamin C may not provide benefit in sepsis with acute respiratory failure
1. In this randomized clinical trial, intravenous infusion of high-dose vitamin C vs placebo for 96 hours resulted in no ...
#VisualAbstract: Blood Culture Results Before and After Antimicrobial Administration in Patients With Severe Manifestations of Sepsis
1. In this prospective multicenter observational trial among adult patients with severe manifestations of sepsis, administration of antimicrobial treatment prior ...
2 Minute Medicine Rewind September 23, 2019
The clinical effectiveness of sertraline in primary care and the role of depression severity and duration (PANDA): a pragmatic, double-blind, ...
Antimicrobial administration may dramatically reduce blood culture sensitivity in septic patients
1. In this prospective multicenter observational trial among adult patients with severe manifestations of sepsis, administration of antimicrobial treatment prior ...
Early and delayed renal-replacement therapy for septic shock associated acute kidney injury show similar mortality: the IDEAL-ICU trial
1. Among patients with septic shock and acute kidney injury (AKI), there was no significant difference in 90-day mortality between ...
Recurrence of Group B Streptococcal infection similar in shortened and prolonged therapy
The rates of Group B Streptococcal (GBS) bacteremia recurrence in infants with an initial course of late-onset infection who received ...
Polymyxin B hemoperfusion unlikely to reduce mortality for sepsis
1. In this randomized controlled trial, hemoperfusion with polymyxin B resulted in similar 28-day mortality compared to sham hemoperfusion for ...
Adjunctive glucocorticoid therapy does not lower mortality in septic shock
1. Patients with septic shock in the intensive care unit (ICU) undergoing mechanical ventilation and managed with adjunctive continuous hydrocortisone ...
