Septic shock without documented infection: An uncommon entity with a high mortality

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1267-1270

  Reyes, W J ^a   Brimioulle, S ^a   Vincent, J L ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bacteraemia; Infection; Morbidity; Mortality; Organ failure; Outcome; Severe sepsis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPTIC SHOCK;

BACTEREMIA; BELGIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOCK, SEPTIC;

EID: 0032705163     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001340051055     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. Vincent JL (1997) New therapies in sepsis. Chest 112: 330S-338S
2. Bone RC, Fisher CJ, Clemmer TP, Slotman GJ, Metz CA, Balk RA (1989) Sepsis syndrome: a valid clinical entity. Crit Care Med 17: 389-393
3. Vincent JL, Moreno R, Takala J, et al. (1996) The SOFA (Sepsis-related Organ Failure Assessment) score to describe organ dysfunction/failure. Intensive Care Med 22: 707-710
4. Wan S, Leclerc JL, Schmartz D, et al. (1997) Hepatic release of interleukin-10 during clinical cardiopulmonary bypass. Am Heart J 133: 335-339
5. Wilson PG, Manji M, Neoptolemos JP (1998) Acute pancreatitis as a model of sepsis. J Antimicrob Chemother 41: A51-A63
6. Kowal-Vern A, Sharp-Pucci MM, Walenga JM, Dries DJ, Gamelli RL (1998) Trauma and thermal injury: comparison of hemostatic and cytokine changes in the acute phase of injury. J Trauma 44: 325-329
7. Levine B, Kalman J, Mayer L, Fillit HM, Packer M (1990) Elevated circulating levels of tumor necrosis factor in severe chronic heart failure. N Engl J Med 323: 236-241
8. ACCP-SCCM Consensus Conference (1992) Definitions of sepsis and multiple organ failure and guidelines for the use of innovative therapies in sepsis. Crit Care Med 20: 864-874
9. Poole GV, Griswold JA, Muakkassa FF (1993) Sepsis and infection in the intensive care unit: are they related? Am Surg 59: 60-64
10. George S, Papa L, Sheils L, Magnussen CR (1996) Septic shock due to disseminated tuberculosis. Clin Infect Dis 22: 188-189
11. Jaimovich DG, Kumar A, Shabino CL (1992) Influenza B virus infection associated with non-bacterial septic shock like illness. J Infect Dis 25: 311-315
12. Vincent JL, De Mendonça A, Cantraine F, et al. (1998) Use of the SOFA score to assess the incidence of organ dysfunction/failure in intensive care units: results of a multicentric, prospective study. Crit Care Med 26: 1793-1800
13. Brun-Buisson C, Doyon F, Carlet J, et al. (1995) Incidence, risk factors and outcome of severe sepsis and septic shock in adults. A multicenter prospective study in intensive care units. JAMA 274: 968-974