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NOTICE: Vitamin C-B1-steroid combo may lower septic shock mortality in kids

Dr. Kamal Kant KohliWritten by Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Published On 2020-02-14T17:30:19+05:30  |  Updated On 14 Feb 2020 12:00 PM GMT
NOTICE: Vitamin C-B1-steroid combo may lower septic shock mortality in kids

USA: Sepsis can affect anyone at any time but it tends to strike more often the very old and the very young. Children, particularly premature babies and infants, can be more susceptible to developing sepsis and such patients have a serious prognosis.Researchers at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago have found out that treating septic shock in children with a combination...

USA: Sepsis can affect anyone at any time but it tends to strike more often the very old and the very young. Children, particularly premature babies and infants, can be more susceptible to developing sepsis and such patients have a serious prognosis.

Researchers at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago have found out that treating septic shock in children with a combination of intravenous vitamin C, vitamin B1 and hydrocortisone is associated with lower mortality. This is the first pediatric study of the safe and relatively inexpensive treatment for septic shock, and the preliminary data support the promising outcomes seen in adults. Findings were published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

Septic shock is the result of a severe systemic response to infection-causing organ failure and dangerously low blood pressure. It is one of the leading causes of death in critically ill children.

"We were surprised and excited to see a substantial reduction in mortality after treating septic shock in children with a high dose of vitamin C combined with vitamin B1 and hydrocortisone," says lead author Eric Wald, MD, MSCI, critical care physician at Lurie Children's and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. "While based on a retrospective analysis, our results are especially compelling in that they are very similar to the positive outcomes found in a recent randomized controlled trial of vitamin C treatment for septic shock in adults."

In their retrospective study, Dr Wald and colleagues matched 43 patients with septic shock who received the vitamin C-B1-hydrocortisone treatment with 43 patients of similar clinical profile who did not receive it (control group), and with 43 patients who received hydrocortisone only as adjunctive therapy. They found that while controls had a mortality of 28 percent at 30 days, mortality in patients treated with the vitamin C combination protocol dropped to 9 percent in the same period. Treatment with hydrocortisone alone did not improve mortality (30 percent at 30 days). Similar reductions in mortality were seen at 90 days (14 percent with vitamin C protocol vs. 35 percent in controls and 37 percent in the hydrocortisone only group).

"While it is still unclear why vitamin C appears to reduce mortality from septic shock and we need to dig deeper to understand the mechanism, our results are incredibly promising," says Dr Wald. "We hope to encourage larger, multi-centre studies in children with septic shock to confirm our data."

For further reference log on to:

Eric L Wald, L. Nelson Sanchez-Pinto, Craig M Smith, Thomas Moran, Colleen M Badke, Matthew F Barhight, Marcelo R Malakooti. Hydrocortisone-Ascorbic Acid-Thiamine Use Associated with Lower Mortality in Pediatric Septic Shock. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2020; DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201908-1543LE

sepsis pediatrics ascorbic acid corticosteroids thiamine American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 
Source : American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli
Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli

    Dr Kamal Kant Kohli-MBBS, DTCD- a chest specialist with more than 30 years of practice and a flair for writing clinical articles, Dr Kamal Kant Kohli joined Medical Dialogues as a Chief Editor of Medical News. Besides writing articles, as an editor, he proofreads and verifies all the medical content published on Medical Dialogues including those coming from journals, studies,medical conferences,guidelines etc. Before Joining Medical Dialogues, he has served at important positions in the medical industry in India including as the Hony. Secretary of the Delhi Medical Association as well as the chairman of Anti-Quackery Committee in Delhi and worked with other Medical Councils in India. Email: editorial@medicaldialogues.in. Contact no. 011-43720751

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