Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Kellum JA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10585761 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kellum John A JA Ronco Claudio C
Critical care (London, England) 20231019 1
Septic shock can be caused by a variety of mechanisms including direct effects of bacterial toxins such as endotoxin. Annually, approximately 5-7 million patients worldwide develop sepsis with very high endotoxin activity in the blood and more than half die. The term endotoxic septic shock has been used for these patients but it is important to emphasize that endotoxin may be a factor in all forms of septic shock including non-bacterial etiologies like COVID-19 since translocation of bacterial p ...[more]