Clinical Trial: Change in MAPSE During Treatment of Sepsis
Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: RECRUITING
Condition: Sepsis
Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
Official Title: Evaluation of Mitral Annulus Systolic Plane Excursion (MAPSE) in Emergency Department Patients With Sepsis
Brief Summary:
Patients with bloodstream infections (sepsis) have been found in prior studies to have infection-related heart dysfunction, even if they did not have preexisting heart problems.Factors related to the infection may cause the heart to not pump as well as it should, causing critical illness in the form of low blood pressure (shock) and heart failure.Ultrasound is frequently used in the emergency department to evaluate why a patient might have low blood pressure.Part of that evaluation may include obtaining ultrasound…
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