Clinical questions addressed in this C4:
1. Why do we give steroids in septic shock?
2. When is the appropriate time to initiate hydrocortisone therapy?
3. Are there any adverse effects of hydrocortisone therapy?
4. Are there any other immunomodulatory agents we should be giving to patients with septic shock?
One of the most important concepts that is often left out of the commonly quoted “early antibiotics” mantra is appropriate antibiotic therapy. While it is often difficult to determine what is appropriate for each patient presenting with severe sepsis, there are a number of tools that must be considered what choosing your gorillacillin variant. We should be striving to identify personalized metrics for resuscitation…
Clinical questions addressed in this C4
