Infants infected with Group B Streptococcus (GBS) develop reduced CO, reduced QO2, and metabolic acidosis. We investigated whether reduced CO is a necessary prerequisite for acidosis during GBS sepsis ...

A recent study by University Medicine Halle shows how sepsis can lead to dysfunction of vascular smooth muscle cells. The researchers found that elevated lactate levels and acidosis, which can occur ...

Sepsis is a fatal syndrome characterized by life-threatening organ dysfunction originating from a chaotic and unchecked innate immune response to infection. Notably, macrophages are the master ...

We present a case of a female in her late 40s with a 5-year history of well-managed type II diabetes mellitus, systemic hypertension and dyslipidaemia presented with acute severe abdominal pain, ...

The field of sepsis research has advanced significantly in recent years, particularly regarding the interplay between immune responses and multiple forms of ...

To better characterize sepsis, the definition of sepsis was further refined in 2001. 2 The categories were made to distinguish between sepsis, severe sepsis, and septic shock. It is important to ...

Sodium bicarbonate is an antacid medication that can help treat people with kidney disease who develop metabolic acidosis. Kidney disease, also known as “chronic kidney disease” (CKD), is a condition ...

Credit: Thinkstock Sodium bicarbonate is the most common treatment, but it has notable limitations, particularly in terms of patient adherence. Sodium bicarbonate has some down sides, but there are ...

Sodium bicarbonate is an antacid medication that may help treat metabolic acidosis in people with kidney disease. If a person has kidney disease, it may cause them to develop metabolic acidosis. This ...