Components   Hypothalamus: hormones   Corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH): stimulates anterior pituitary adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)   Produced in response to a variety of signals (cold, fever, infection, trauma, emotional distress, burns, inflammatory agents, pain,…

  Increase in serum creatinine ≥0.3 mg/dL within 48 hours   Increase in serum creatinine ≥1.5 × baseline, which is known or presumed to have occurred within the prior 7 days   UOP <0.5…

  Septic shock and sepsis are significant causes of morbidity and mortality in the intensive care unit (ICU).   Sepsis is one of the most common reasons for admission into the ICU….

Pre-eclampsia/Eclampsia Definition   Pre-eclampsia: a multisystem, pregnancy-specific condition that classically is defined as new-onset hypertension in pregnancy without a history of chronic hypertension with proteinuria and most commonly appears after 32…