Open AccessHydrocortisone, Vitamin C and thiamine for the treatment of sepsis and septic shock following cardiac surgery
Author(s) -
Mahesh Balakrishnan,
Hemang Gandhi,
Komal Shah,
Himani Pandya,
Ramesh Patel,
Sunny Keshwani,
Neha Yadav
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
indian journal of anaesthesia/indian journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.645
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 0976-2817
pISSN - 0019-5049
DOI - 10.4103/ija.ija_361_18
Subject(s) - medicine , septic shock , thiamine , sepsis , clinical endpoint , placebo , hydrocortisone , sofa score , anesthesia , procalcitonin , shock (circulatory) , vitamin , vitamin d and neurology , gastroenterology , randomized controlled trial , alternative medicine , pathology
The effect of vitamin C on vasopressor requirement in critically ill patients have been evaluated previously. We aimed to evaluate the effect of vitamin C, hydrocortisone and thiamine on vasopressor requirement and mortality in post-operative adult cardiac surgical patients with septic shock.