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Cardiovascular Monitoring of the Septic Patient

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The American College of Chest Physicians & Society of Critical Care Medicine Consensus [1] defines sepsis as the systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) as a result of infection. Septic shock is defined as sepsis-induced hypotension despite adequate fluid resuscitation along with the presence of perfusion abnormalities. These abnormalities may include, but are not limited to, lactic acidosis, oliguria or an acute alteration in mental status. Patients who are receiving inotropic or vasopressor agents may not be hypotensive at the time that perfusion abnormalities are measured. From the years 1950–1991 mortality has soared by 13-fold [2]. Alone sepsis carries a 30–40% lethality [2] but when aggravated by shock, it has a 40–60% mortality [3]. Recently the effectiveness of invasive hemodynamic monitoring in septic shock has undergone intense scrutiny.

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Hospital Universitari Joan XXIII, Tarragona, Spain

    Jordi Rello M.D., Ph.D.

  2. University Rovira & Virgili, Tarragona, Spain

    Jordi Rello M.D., Ph.D.

  3. Corporacio Sanitaria Parc Tauli, Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain

    Jordi Valles M.D., Ph.D.

  4. Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

    Marin H. Kollef M.D.

  5. Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

    Marin H. Kollef M.D.

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Apostle, J.A., Guardiola, J.J. (2001). Cardiovascular Monitoring of the Septic Patient. In: Rello, J., Valles, J., Kollef, M.H. (eds) Critical Care Infectious Diseases Textbook. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1679-8_7

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