Active clinical trials for "Shock, Septic"

Echocardiography (cardiac ultrasound) is being used more often in the critical care setting for management of severe infection (septic shock). Early studies show echocardiography to be useful in these patients, but at this time, there are no good clinical trials to justify its use. Our study goals/objectives are as follows: To conduct an unblinded, two-group randomized controlled clinical trial to compare an echocardiography-guided resuscitation protocol with an Early Goal Directed Therapy (EGDT) protocol in patients with severe sepsis or septic shock. Demonstrate that a sepsis treatment protocol using transthoracic echocardiography and other non-invasive assessments of cardiac output will result in more rapid resolution of septic shock compared to invasive EGDT. Demonstrate patients receiving the non-invasive echocardiography protocol will receive less administration of intravenous fluid.

The purpose of this study is to find out whether stress doses of hydrocortisone attenuate coagulation dysfunction in patients with septic shock. And discuss the probable mechanism by which little doses of hydrocortisone influence coagulation system in sepsis.

This is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial to compare Vitamin C versus placebo for patients presenting to the ICU with a diagnosis of septic shock.

Prospective, experimental, longitudinal cohort study in septic patients treated at ER and ICU at General Hospital Zone 11 IMSS Piedras Negras Coahuila. Interventions, will be implementd in 2 consecutive periods of 6 months Phase 1: 6 months period, septic patients treated only with standard treatment. Phase 2: 6 months period, septic patients treated with Vitamin C, Thiamine, Cyanocobalamine, Pyridoxine and Hydrocortisone + standard treatment.

This study seeks to determine the the impact of COVID-19 on the incidence, characteristics, management and outcome of patients admitted to U.S. hospitals with non-COVID-19 related sepsis.

Overweight patients are susceptible to develop acute complications when they are admitted in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Severe infection can be associated with cardiovascular failure ('shock") and is associated with 35-50% mortality. One of the key issue to cure infection is to administer antibiotics. However, under dosing antibiotic is one of the main reason that explain treatment failure. There are very few data concerning particularities of antibiotic dosing in critically ill, overweight, patients. The aim of the present study is to describe the pharmacokinetic of two main antibiotics (doripenem and piperacillin/Tazobactam) in both overweight and non overweight critically ill patients presenting a septic shock. The investigators hypothesis is that usual dose for those antibiotic may be accurate in non overweight patients but is not in overweight patients.

Septic shock and multi-organ failure are among the most frequent causes of death in the ICU. Patients with septic shock require early implementation of hemodynamic therapy to keep the duration of shock state and with it microcirculatory disturbances as short as possible. In the septic shock guidelines by the american association SCCM the diagnosis of volume status is based on filling pressures, like CVP. Some studies show, that the CVP depends not only on the intravascular volume, but also on the right ventricular compliance, pulmonary vascular resistance as well as intrathoracic pressure. The aim of the Study is to evaluate if the duration of septic shock can be reduced through algorithm driven volume therapy orientated to thermodilution based volume parameters (GEDI and ELWI)

This placebo-controlled study investigates acetyl-L-carnitine in the treatment of septic shock requiring vasopressors.

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the use of a 3-hour protocol utilizing non-invasive hemodynamic optimization treatment strategy results in better outcome and lower hospital costs in patients who present with severe bloodstream infections to the Emergency Department (ED).

Investigators propose to investigate the use of IV vitamins B1 and C in a randomized, double-blinded, prospective trial to determine if these medications decrease mortality rates in patients with severe sepsis or septic shock.