Research on clinical features and laboratory findings of septic shock in children at intensive care unit of National Hospital of Pediatrics.
- Author:
Cao Viet Tung
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Clinical features;
Laboratery;
Septic shock;
Children;
Intensive care;
Paediatrics
- MeSH:
Shock, Septic, Child, Diagnosis
- From:Journal of Medical Research
2005;34(2):45-52
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
The study included 49 patients from 1 month to 15 years old who had diagnosis of septic shock and treated at ICU of the National Hospital of Paediatrics. The result showed that: group of age<5 years is 71.4%; The male/female ratio is 2.06/1. Patients admitted to hospital from April to June (42.8%). About 90% of cases have local infections such as respiratory infection (34.7%), gastrointestinal infection (24.5%), skin, musle and bone infections (22.4%). All of them have uncompensated shock with symptoms of poor tissue perfusion and hypodynamic; disorded status (100%); cool extremities (91.8%); refill>3 seconds (100%); drop blood pressure (69.4%); weak pulse (71.4%), oliguria and anuresis (100%) and CVP<5 cmH2O (51.2%)
