Do mortality rates increase dramatically below a systolic blood pressure of 105-mm Hg in septic surgical patients?
Our data suggest that patients who die have a significantly lower SBP and clinically significant hypotension in sepsis with regard to increased mortality risk begins at a level of ∼111-mm Hg. This finding needs to be incorporated into bundles of care for surgical sepsis.
An elevated serum concentration of PIP shows left ventricular hypertrophy and DD in the course of hypertension and may be used to follow up on the efficacy of the antihypertensive treatment used.