Long-Term Survival of Patients With Cancer, Sepsis, and Vasopressor Requirements Based on Lactate Levels.

A prospective cohort study was conducted to evaluate the 1-year survival of cancer patients with sepsis and vasopressor requirements. Eligible patients were admitted a Comprehensive Cancer Center's ICU and were compared based on their admission lactate levels. Of the 132 included patients, 87 (66%) had high lactate (HL; > 2.

Artificial hyperventilation normalizes haemodynamics and arterial oxygen content in hypoxic rats.

Introduction: Although humans are capable of enduring critically low levels of oxygen, many hypoxaemic patients die despite aggressive therapies. Mimicking the physiological hyperventilation necessary to survive extreme hypoxic conditions could minimize the derangements caused by acute hypoxic-hypoxia. The objective of this study was to measure the haemodynamic-biochemical response to artificially induced hyperventilation in hypoxic rats.