Tag: Marik Protocol

The HYVCTTSSS Trial: The “Metabolic Cocktail” in Another RCT

by Salim Rezaie posted May 18, 2020 No Comments

Background: Getting the basics right in all illness is vital. In sepsis, this means appropriate use of antibiotics, judicious fluid resuscitation, and early identification. Vasopressor support is also essential in the sickest sepsis patients (i.e. septic shock). Should the metabolic …

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The Marik Protocol: Have We Found a “Cure” for Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock?

by Salim Rezaie posted April 7, 2017 No Comments

Background: The overall mortality in sepsis has decreased quite a bit in the last decade or so, however for a subset of patients, like those with Septic Shock, the mortality still remains high (as high as 50%). There have been …

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