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Persistent sepsis-induced hypotension without hyperlactatemia: is it really septic shock?

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The results support the need to review the current definition of septic shock and suggest hyperlactatemia could represent an objective parameter worth to be explored as a potential diagnostic criterion for septicshock.
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This article is published in Journal of Critical Care.The article was published on 2011-08-01. It has received 83 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Hyperlactatemia & Septic shock.

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Lactic Acidosis in Sepsis: It’s Not All Anaerobic: Implications for Diagnosis and Management

TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the clinical implications of serum lactate measurement in diagnosis, monitoring, and prognostication in acute and intensive care settings and explore treatment of lactic acidosis and its impact on clinical outcome.
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Lactate as a Hemodynamic Marker in the Critically Ill

TL;DR: This review focuses on the use of lactate as a marker for risk stratification, lactate clearance as a hemodynamic endpoint, and its use compared to mixed venous oxygenation as a resuscitation goal.
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Definitions for Sepsis and Organ Failure and Guidelines for the Use of Innovative Therapies in Sepsis

TL;DR: An American College of Chest Physicians/Society of Critical Care Medicine Consensus Conference was held in Northbrook in August 1991 with the goal of agreeing on a set of definitions that could be applied to patients with sepsis and its sequelae as mentioned in this paper.
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Early Goal-Directed Therapy in the Treatment of Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock

TL;DR: This study randomly assigned patients who arrived at an urban emergency department with severe sepsis or septic shock to receive either six hours of early goal-directed therapy or standard therapy (as a control) before admission to the intensive care unit.
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Epidemiology of severe sepsis in the United States: analysis of incidence, outcome, and associated costs of care.

TL;DR: Severe sepsis is a common, expensive, and frequently fatal condition, with as many deaths annually as those from acute myocardial infarction, and is especially common in the elderly and is likely to increase substantially as the U.S. population ages.
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Efficacy and safety of recombinant human activated protein C for severe sepsis.

TL;DR: This phase 3 trial assessed whether treatment with drotrecogin alfa activated reduced the rate of death from any cause among patients with severe sepsis.
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2001 SCCM/ESICM/ACCP/ATS/SIS International Sepsis Definitions Conference

TL;DR: This document reflects a process whereby a group of experts and opinion leaders revisited the 1992 sepsis guidelines and found that apart from expanding the list of signs and symptoms of sepsi to reflect clinical bedside experience, no evidence exists to support a change to the definitions.
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