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Episode 21- Updates and Controversies in the Early Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock

EB Medicine

And sepsis-3 redefined septic shock as “hypotension not responsive to fluid resuscitation” with the added requirement of vasopressors to maintain a MAP greater than or equal to 65 and with a lactate > 2. Let’s start with fluids. Patient’s need adequate fluid resuscitation. So quite a few changes! vasopressin.

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Rethinking Fluid Resuscitation in Vaso-Occlusive Crisis: Is Lactated Ringer’s the Superior Choice?

RebelEM

VOE is often complicated by hypovolemia, making fluid administration a common intervention ( Lovett 2017 ). saline (NS) solutions are both isotonic crystalloids widely used for intravenous fluid resuscitation across many contexts and disease states ( Myburgh 2013 ). Lactated Ringer (LR) and 0.9% JAMA Intern Med.