The acute hot, swollen joint is a common medical presentation ... that the diagnosis of septic arthritis rests principally on maintaining a high level of clinical suspicion.

Many illnesses can mimic the clinical presentation of sepsis so undue pressure on clinicians to treat sepsis rapidly and aggressively may lead to spillover treatment of uninfected patients which ...

He contended that the COIITTS trial was underpowered and the two Annane RCTs that used fludrocortisone supply the evidence that shows corticosteroids reduce septic shock mortality. As discussed ...