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Correlation of VEGF-A and Fluid Balance in Septic Shock

The aim of our study was to determine the role of VEGF in capillary leakage and the positive fluid balance in septic shock.

Relation Between Mean Arterial Pressure and Renal Resistive Index in the Early Phase of Septic Shock

This study evaluates if improvement of renal resistive index when mean arterial pressure increase (at 65 mmHg to 85 mmHg) in early phase of septic shock is predictive of better renal survival.

Carotid Doppler and EEOT for Fluid Responsiveness Prediction

Fluid responsiveness prediction prior to fluid challenge administration is a topic of interest, which has been extensively investigated, but remains challenging. In clinical practice, functional hemodynamic tests (FHT) consisting of maneuvers that affect cardiac function and/or heart-lung interaction, have been introduced in order to identify fluid responders and non-responders without …

Evaluation of the Right Ventricular Systolic Function Using Real-time Three-dimensional Echocardiography in Intensive Care Unit Patients

In the intensive care unit (ICU), acute RVF is mainly due to the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), sepsis or septic shock, and less often to severe pulmonary embolism or RV infarction. The anatomical complexity of the RV precludes any geometrical assumption to estimate its volume, hence its ejection fraction …