February 2024

Sepsis Outcomes Associated with Liver Disease SUMMARY: Although rare, liver failure in sepsis has a profound impact on mortality. Liver disease with sepsis requires more critical care support vs without liver disease. Clinicians should consider liver disease as a variable in sepsis patients moving in the future.

Heart Rate & Temperature as Sepsis Mortality Prognostic Indicator SUMMARY The systemic effects of sepsis are due to the activation of a variety of physiologic cascades. Activation of the sympathetic nervous system with catecholamine release and the acute inflammatory response results in elevations in temperature and heart rate. The heart