Vascular Reactivity Index as an Effective Predictor of Mortality in Patients With Septic Shock: A Retrospective Study.

Background: Sepsis is a serious complication that occurs after trauma, burns, and infections, and it is an important cause of death in intensive care unit (ICU) patients. Despite many new measures being proposed for sepsis treatment, its mortality rate remains high; sepsis has become a serious threat to human health, and there is an urgent need to carry out in-depth clinical research related to sepsis. In recent years, it has been found that septic shock-induced vasoplegia is a result of vascular hyporesponsiveness to vasopressors.

[Value of blood ammonia on predicting the severity and prognosis of patients with sepsis: a prospective observation study].

Objective: To investigate the value of arterial blood ammonia on predicting the severity and prognosis of patients with sepsis.

Methods: A prospective observation study was conducted. A total of 169 patients with sepsis admitted to intensive care unit (ICU) of Jining First People's Hospital Affiliated to Jining Medical University from January 2018 to June 2019 were enrolled.