Haemodynamic assessment and support in sepsis and septic shock in resource-limited settings.

ABSTRACT: Background:Recommendations for haemodynamic assessment and support in sepsis and septic shock in resource-limited settings are largely lacking. Methods:A task force of six international experts in critical care medicine, all of them members of the Global Intensive Care Working Group of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine and with extensive bedside experience in resource-limited intensive care units, reviewed the literature and provided recommendations regarding haemodynamic assessment and support, keeping aspects of efficacy and effectiveness, availability and feasibility and affordability and safety in mind. Results:We suggest using capillary refill time, skin mottling scores and skin temperature gradients; suggest a passive leg raise test to guide fluid resuscitation; recomme

SUBMITTER: Misango D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5914406 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature