RESUMO
This is a retrospective study, of 100 consecutive patients with septic shock hospitalized in the ICU of Mongi Slim Hospital La Marsa between January 1997 and December 2001. The state of shock was defined according to the criteria established by the American College of Chest physicians in conjunction with the Society of Critical Care Medicine during the consensus conference on sepsis. Our study shows that septic shock affect both sexes in the same way, that it increases with the age and with the existence of underlying diseases. The global mortality was 82%. According to our study o, septic shock mortality in creases with age and with the existence of an underling pathological condition such as high blood pressure. It, also increases with the cause of the septic shock. [Pleuro-pulmonary]