The article offers information on the management of anaemia and red cell transfusion in
adult critically ill patients. It states that erythropoietin should not be used to treat anaemia in …

Sepsis is a major cause of mortality during the neutropenic phase after intensive cytotoxic
therapies for malignancies. Improved management of sepsis during neutropenia may …

Do corticosteroids reduce death or improve recovery in people with sepsis or septic shock?
Our panel make a weak recommendation to give corticosteroids to people with all types and …

Purpose The role of dobutamine during septic shock resuscitation is still controversial since
most clinical studies have been uncontrolled and no physiological study has unequivocally …

Background The decision of when to stop septic shock resuscitation is a critical but yet a
relatively unexplored aspect of care. This is especially relevant since the risks of over …

Background The definition of sepsis has evolved over time, along with the clinical and
scientific knowledge behind it. For years, sepsis was defined as a systemic inflammatory …

BACKGROUND: In 2004, the Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC), a global initiative to reduce
mortality from sepsis, was launched. Although the SSC supplies tools to measure and …

Background The definition of sepsis has evolved over time, along with the clinical and
scientific knowledge behind it. For years, sepsis was defined as a systemic inflammatory …

Sepsis is a leading cause of mortality in neutropenic cancer patients. Early initiation of
effective causative therapy as well as intensive adjunctive therapy is mandatory to improve …

Aims: The aim of this study was to investigate the prognostic value of venous-to-arterial
carbon dioxide difference during early resuscitation of patients with septic shock and …