Sepsis

Researchers from Brussels Free University describe findings in sepsis

Published in Blood Weekly, May 21st, 2009

In this recent article published in the journal Critical Care Medicine, scientists in Brussels, Belgium conducted a study "To evaluate the effects of hydrocortisone on microcirculatory blood flow alterations in patients with septic shock. Prospective, open-label study. A 31-bed, medico-surgical intensive care unit of a university hospital."

"Twenty patients with septic shock. Intravenous hydrocartisone (50 mg/6 hr). An orthogonal polarization spectral device (Cytoscan ARII, Cytometrics; Philadelphia, PA) was used to investigate the sublingual microcirculation in 20 patients who received so-called ''stress doses'' of hydrocortisone as part of their management for...

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Source: Blood Weekly (2009-05-21)

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