Acute kidney injury (AKI) is now recognized as a heterogeneous syndrome that not only
affects acute morbidity and mortality, but also a patient's long-term prognosis. In this …

Background Acute kidney injury (AKI) in the intensive care unit is associated with significant
mortality and morbidity. Objectives To determine and update previous recommendations for …

Methods ADQI (Acute Disease Quality Initiative) is an ongoing process that produces
evidence‐based recommendations on the diagnosis, prevention, and management of AKI …

Although guidelines provide excellent expert guidance for managing patients with septic
shock, they leave room for personalization according to patients' condition. Hemodynamic …

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a major medical problem that is of particular concern after
cardiac surgery. Perioperative AKI is independently associated with an increase in short …

Background Vasopressors are administered to critically ill patients with vasodilatory shock
not responsive to volume resuscitation, and less often in cardiogenic shock, and …

Vasoplegia is the syndrome of pathological low systemic vascular resistance, the dominant
clinical feature of which is reduced blood pressure in the presence of a normal or raised …

Purpose Shock is a life-threatening condition characterized by substantial alterations in the
microcirculation. This study tests the hypothesis that considering sublingual microcirculatory …

Vasoplegic syndrome is a common occurrence following cardiothoracic surgery and is
characterized as a high-output shock state with poor systemic vascular resistance. The …

Vasoplegia is a ubiquitous phenomenon in all advanced shock states, including septic,
cardiogenic, hemorrhagic, and anaphylactic shock. Its pathophysiology is complex, involving …