Evaluation Of Congestion Levels in Septic Patients Admitted to Critical Care Units with a Combined Venous Excess-Lung Ultrasound Score (VExLUS) - a Research Protocol

• Main Authors: Miguel Romano (Author), Eduardo Viana (Author), José Diogo Martins (Author), Rogério Corga da Silva (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: CINQUILL Medical Publishers Inc., 2023-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Sepsis is defined as a life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection with a high mortality rate. Septic shock is a subset of sepsis with manifest circulatory dysfunction (use of vasopressors and persistent elevation of lactic acid). As stated in literature, i...