For patients with in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA), adding a vasopressor and steroid shortly after epinephrine improves return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC), according to the randomized VAM-IHCA ...

Sepsis is a global health priority affecting 55 million patients worldwide and causing 11 million deaths annually. Treatment for sepsis may include prompt recognition, source control, antibiotics, ...

Peripheral vasoactive drugs show a low rate of complications when delivered by a well-trained and experienced service, confirms the SPOTLESS study. No major or minor complications with morbidity were ...

Today, deliveries via cesarean sections, or c-sections, have become quite common globally. Sometimes, c-sections are a medical necessity when normal deliveries become risky either for the mother or ...

Time to vasopressor initiation from the first hypotensive episode was not significantly associated with 90-day mortality or vasopressor-free days in patients with septic shock, according to a new ...

Septic shock arises when a dysregulated host response to infection produces profound vasodilatation, capillary leak and cellular hypoperfusion. Vasopressors have become indispensable to restore ...