Search Tag: norepinephrine

Sepsis

2025 15 Apr

Sepsis remains a major cause of illness and death among children worldwide. Although mortality has decreased due to quality improvement initiatives and clinical guidelines, 4–10% of paediatric sepsis cases still result in death, often due to refractory shock or multiorgan dysfunction.   For children with persistent shock despite fluid resuscitation,...Read more

ICU Management

2025 17 Feb

Vasopressors are commonly used in critically ill patients to increase vascular tone in cases of severe hypotension with signs of altered tissue perfusion, such as poor skin perfusion, altered mental status, or decreased urine output—indicative of shock. Shock is associated with elevated lactate levels (>2 mmol/L) and can be classified into four types:...Read more

ICU Management

2022 08 Dec

A summary of a symposium organised by AOP Health with presentations from Ricard Ferrer, Vall d’Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain; Bruno Levy, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nancy, CHU Nancy · Réanimation Médicale Brabois, France; and Michael Fries, St. Vincenz Krankenhaus Limburg, Department of Anesthesiology, Germany....Read more

ICU Management

2022 25 Mar

An article released in conjunction with the Intensive Care & Emergency Medicine (ISICEM) Congress helps clinicians understand the choice and timing of vasopressors in vasodilatory shock. It is one of ten reviews selected from the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2022.  Vasodilatory shock is one of the most common forms encountered...Read more

ICU Management

2019 03 Jun

On Day 2 of the Euroanaesthesia Congress 2019 (#EA19), there was a session on Resuscitation in septic shock: is less better? Three key speakers Gernot Marx (Aachen, Germany), Claude Martin (Marseille, France) and Jean-Louis Vincent (Brussels, Belgium), spoke about less fluid, less vasopressors and less inotropes in septic shock. The central message...Read more

ICU Management

2017 21 Mar

Patients with septic shock admitted to hospitals affected by the 2011 shortage of the drug norepinephrine had a higher risk of in-hospital death, according to a study presented at the 37th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine. See Also : New Strategy for Identifying Sepsis Arising in the ICU The study, also published...Read more