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 ...
Septic shock impacts approximately 6% of hospitalized patients with cirrhosis and is associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality. Although a number of landmark clinical trials have paved the way for incremen...
Vasopressors are the cornerstone of hemodynamic management in patients with septic shock.Norepinephrine is currently recommended as the first-line vasopressor in these patients.In addition to norepinephrine,there are ...
Early detection and prompt reversal of sepsis-induced tissue hypoperfusion are key elements while treating pa-tients with septic shock.Fluid administration is widely accepted as the first-line therapy followed by vaso...
a grant from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81501639).
Background: New definitions for sepsis and septic shock (Sepsis-3) were published, but the strategy to adjust vasopressors a initial guidelines is still unclear. We conducted a retrospective observational study to exp...
Evaluating and managing circulatory failure is one of the most challenging tasks for medical practitioners involved in critical care medicine.Understanding the applicability of some of the basic but,at the same time,c...
Ascorbic acid(vitamin C) elicits pleiotropic effects in thebody. Among its functions, it serves as a potent antioxidant, a co-factor in collagen and catecholamine synthesis, and a modulator of immune cell biology. Fur...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81371251)
Acute kidney injury(AKI) is a common complication following orthotopic liver transplantation(OLT) and is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. The aim of the current study was to determine the risk fa...
AIM To study the early postoperative intensive care unit(ICU) management and complications in the first 2 wk of patients undergoing cytoreductive surgery(CRS) and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy(HIPEC).METHO...
Hepatorenal syndrome(HRS) plays an important role in patients with liver cirrhosis on the wait list for liver transplantation(LT). The 1 and 5-year probability of developing HRS in cirrhotic with ascites is 20% and 40...