Treatment limitations in intensive care units.

Introduction: Patients in intensive care units (ICUs) have treatment limited or withdrawn if further treatment is considered futile. This multicentre prospective observational study was part of a European study of patterns of limitations.

Methods: In the first six months of 2016, all patients admitted to three Danish ICUs were screened and those with treatment limitations or death in the ICU were included.

[Pediatric septic shock--timing, volume resuscitation and anticoagulation therapy].

Pediatric septic shock is associated with severe hypovolemia, and children frequently respond well to aggressive volume resuscitation. In recent years, improved outcome has been reported when aggressive volume resuscitation and goal-directed therapies were applied to children with septic shock. We report a case of severe meningococcal septic shock in a child aged 16 months where aggressive volume resuscitation and anticoagulation therapy were applied.