Respiratory support strategy of severe sepsis in children / 中华实用儿科临床杂志

ABSTRACT

The definition of severe sepsis has been renewed in 2012 international guidelines for management of severe sepsis and septic shock.This article summarizes briefly respiratory support strategy of severe sepsis which incorporated with new guideline and recent progress in sepsis and mechanical ventilation (MV).Oxygen therapy,indication of mechanical ventilation,the support roles of MV on septic shock,drug selection,MV strategy and hemodynamic monitoring are included in this article.