Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Editorial
. 2014 May 15;189(10):1156-7.
doi: 10.1164/rccm.201404-0632ED.

Did they just prove that a diagnosis of "septic shock" is meaningless?

Theodore J Iwashyna  1 , Sushant Govindan
Affiliations
Editorial

Did they just prove that a diagnosis of "septic shock" is meaningless?

Theodore J Iwashyna et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. .
No abstract available

PubMed Disclaimer

Comment on

References

    1. Annane D, Bellissant E, Cavaillon JM. Septic shock. Lancet. 2005;365:63–78. - PubMed
    1. Angus DC, van der Poll T. Severe sepsis and septic shock. N Engl J Med. 2013;369:840–851. - PubMed
    1. Leligdowicz A, Dodek PM, Norena M, Wong H, Kumar A, Kumar A The Co-operative Antimicrobial Therapy of Septic Shock Database Research Group. Association between source of infection and hospital mortality in patients who have septic shock. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2014;189:1204–1213. - PubMed
    1. Kumar A, Roberts D, Wood KE, Light B, Parrillo JE, Sharma S, Suppes R, Feinstein D, Zanotti S, Taiberg L, et al. Duration of hypotension before initiation of effective antimicrobial therapy is the critical determinant of survival in human septic shock. Crit Care Med. 2006;34:1589–1596. - PubMed
    1. Ferguson ND, Fan E, Camporota L, Antonelli M, Anzueto A, Beale R, Brochard L, Brower R, Esteban A, Gattinoni L, et al. The Berlin definition of ARDS: an expanded rationale, justification, and supplementary material. Intensive Care Med. 2012;38:1573–1582. - PubMed

LinkOut - more resources