Unstable cardiac injury complicated with septic shock—a challenge

Burns & Trauma

Table 1 Inflammatory variables and tissue perfusion variables

Inflammatory variables^a	Fever >38 °C, TLC—21,000
	Heart rate greater than 100
Tissue perfusion variables	BP 60/40 on receiving. ^#Improving initially but increased ionotropic support since 3rd day.
	Urine output decreased on 3rd day and became oliguric by 4th day

^aThe above variables can be due to trauma as well as systemic inflammatory response syndrome, the precursor of sepsis
^#Sepsis added to it will cause hemodynamic instability which was already present in this patient thus confounding the presence of sepsis
TLC Total lymphocyte count; BP Blood pressure

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