Background:Cancer patients who are exposed to sepsis and had previous chemotherapy may have increased severity. Among chemotherapeutic agents, anthracyclines have been associated with cardiac toxicity. Like other chem...
Intravenous(IV)vasopressors are essential in the management of hypotension and shock.Initiation of oral vasoactive agents to facilitate weaning of IV vasopressors to liberate patients from the intensive care unit is c...
Septic shock treatment remains a major challenge for intensive care units,despite the recent prominent advances in both management and outcomes.Vasopressors serve as a cornerstone of septic shock therapy,but there is ...
Hyponatremia related to ectopic secretion of cancer cells of arginine vasopressin(AVP)or atrial natriuretic peptide(ANP)is most commonly caused by small cell lung cancer.The ideal treatment would be one that not only ...
National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.81871028,81671303,81701207);Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province(No.2018SF-277)。
Background:Norepinephrine infusion decreases hypotension after spinal anesthesia during cesarean section.This study aimed to compare the efficacy of norepinephrine infusion and ephedrine bolus against post-spinal hypo...
BACKGROUND Sepsis is a severe clinical syndrome related to the host response to infection.The severity of infections is due to an activation cascade that will lead to an auto amplifying cytokine production:The cytokin...
Background: There is a debate about the dose of hyperbaric bupivacine for spinal anesthesia for cesarean delivery in obese parturients. While it is concessive that the dose of spinal bupivacine is reduced in pregnant ...
Spinal anesthesia is a common technique which can significantly alleviate surgery patients' anguish, and can avoid the risks associated with general anesthesia. However, spinal anesthesia is associated with some other...
AIM To examine patient-centered outcomes with vasopressin(AVP) use in patients with cirrhosis with catecholaminerefractory septic shock. METHODS We conducted a single center, retrospective cohort study enrolling adult...
Spinal cord injury(SCI)is a devastating pathology,with significant physical,psychosocial,and financial burdens.Despite the severity of this disease,and our deepening understanding of the pathophysiology,we remain li...