Tag: cardiovascular

International Consensus Criteria for Pediatric Sepsis and Septic Shock

This 2024 guideline, developed by the Society of Critical Care Medicine’s Pediatric Sepsis Definition Task Force, introduces the Phoenix Sepsis Score to define pediatric sepsis and septic shock. Sepsis is identified by a score of ≥2, indicating life-threatening dysfunction in respiratory, cardiovascular, coagulation, or neurological systems in children under 18

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Unraveling the Chronic Toxicity of Lead: An Essential Priority for Environmental Health

This review underscores the ongoing threat of chronic lead toxicity, highlighting that despite regulatory efforts and reductions in acute exposures, long-term low-level lead exposure remains widespread and detrimental to public health. It details the mechanisms through which chronic lead exposure affects neurological, renal, cardiovascular, and endocrine systems, often with irreversible

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