Serum copeptin, lactate, and shock index as predictors of morbidity and mortality in shocked acutely poisoned patients
Walaa G Abdelhamid,
Sarah A Elmorsy,
Ahmed Muhammed
et al.
Abstract:Background: Poisoning-induced shock is a serious medical emergency with a high mortality rate. Hospitalized poisoned individuals experience multiple adverse cardiovascular events that could progress to cardiac arrest. This study was designed to compare the prognostic role of the admission shock index and plasma copeptin level in shocked poisoned patients and to evaluate their associations with initial patients’ characteristics and outcomes. Methods: We conducted a prospective study on acutely poisoned adult pa… Show more
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