ArticleAnnals of translational medicine2019
Utilization of echocardiography during septic shock was associated with a decreased 28-day mortality: a propensity score-matched analysis of the MIMIC-III database.
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- ESICM guidelines on circulatory shock and hemodynamic monitoring 2025.Intensive care medicine · 2025Guideline
- The association between integrating echocardiography use in the management of septic shock patients and outcomes in the intensive care unit: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of ultrasound · 2025Pooled it
- Early management of adult sepsis and septic shock: Korean clinical practice guidelines.Acute and critical care · 2024Guideline
- From Fluid Responsiveness to Prognosis: The Emerging Role of Point-of-Care Echocardiography in Sepsis.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Transthoracic echocardiography and mortality in sepsis-associated acute kidney injury: An analysis based on MIMC-IV database.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Targeting serum phosphate trajectory stratification to improve outcomes in high-risk Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic-Sepsis cohorts.PloS one · 2025Article
- The use of echocardiography in the management of shock in critical care: a prospective, multi-centre, observational study.Intensive care medicine · 2024Observational
- Effectiveness of β-blockers in improving 28-day mortality in septic shock: insights from subgroup analysis and retrospective observational study.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2024Article
- Levosimendan for sepsis-induced myocardial dysfunction: friend or foe?Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2024Review
- Association of serum phosphate and changes in serum phosphate with 28-day mortality in septic shock from MIMIC-IV database.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- The effect of myocardial dysfunction on mortality in children with septic shock: a prospective observational study.European journal of pediatrics · 2023Observational
- Data processing pipeline for cardiogenic shock prediction using machine learning.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2023Article
- Effect of β-blockers on mortality in patients with sepsis: A propensity-score matched analysis.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2023Article
- Association between Wait Time for Transthoracic Echocardiography and 28-Day Mortality in Patients with Septic Shock: A Cohort Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- The Effect of Sepsis on Myocardial Function: A Review of Pathophysiology, Diagnostic Criteria, and Treatment.Cureus · 2022Review
- Cardiotoxicity from chimeric antigen receptor-T cell therapy for advanced malignancies.European heart journal · 2022Review
- Association between albumin infusion and outcomes in patients with acute kidney injury and septic shock.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Propensity score matching with R: conventional methods and new features.Annals of translational medicine · 2021Review
- Utilization of Echocardiography After Acute Kidney Injury Was Associated with Improved Outcomes in Patients in Intensive Care Unit.International journal of general medicine · 2021Article
- Critical care echocardiography: diagnostic or prognostic?Annals of translational medicine · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundHemodynamic management is of paramount importance in patients with septic shock. Echocardiography has been increasingly used in assessing volume status and cardiac function. However, whether the utilization of echocardiography has an impact on prognosis is unknown. Thus, we intended to explore its effect on the outcomes of patients with septic shock.
methodsThe study was based on the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care (MIMIC) III database. Septic shock patients were divided into two groups according to the usage of echocardiography during the onset of septic shock. The primary outcome was 28-day mortality. Secondary outcomes included the usage of inotropes, ventilation-free and norepinephrine-free time, and fluids input. Propensity-score matching was used to reduce the imbalance.
resultsAmong 3,291 eligible patients, 1,289 patients who underwent echocardiography (Echo), and 1,289 who did not receive the Echo, had similar propensity scores and were included in the analyses. After matching, the Echo group had a significantly lower 28-day mortality (33.2%
conclusionsUtilization of echocardiography was associated with improved 28-day outcomes in patients with septic shock.
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