The mortality of septic shock, both in percentage of septic shock cases and total number of
septic shock cases, has been increasing over the past several decades. This is despite …

Note From the Writing Group: Throughout this article, the reader will notice combinations of
superscripted letters and numbers (eg,“Family Presence During Resuscitation Peds-003”) …

Trauma is the most common cause of death under the age of 45. Many trauma patients die
of multiple organ failure, especially acute respiratory distress syndrome. The basic cause of …

The 2010 ILCOR Paediatric Task Force experts developed 55 questions related to
paediatric resuscitation. Topics were selected based on the 2005 Consensus on Science …

Objective The optimal role of vasopressor therapy in septic shock is not known. We
hypothesized that the variability in the use of vasopressors to treat hypotension is associated …

We aimed to study the change in mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation efficiency
occurring at the early stage of septic shock in an experimental model. Thirty-six male Wistar …

Background To describe the effect of mechanical ventilation on diaphragm mitochondrial
oxygen consumption, ATP production, reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation, and …

Background The mortality associated with septic shock, both in percentage of septic shock
cases and total number of septic shock cases, has been increasing over the past several …

An overwhelming nitric oxide (NO) production is a crucial step in the circulatory events as
well as in the cellular alterations taking place in septic shock. However, evidences of this …

Several studies have suggested that sympathetic overstimulation causes deleterious effects
in septic shock. A previous study suggested that pralidoxime exerted a pressor effect …