Metabolic resuscitation is an adjunctive therapy for sepsis and septic shock, which consists of a combination of vitamin C, glucocorticoids, and vitamin B1 or their components. Recently, there has been considerable interest in this treatment. However, due to the wide range of combinations of its components, there is no evidence for the effectiveness of this therapy.

To fill this gap, a network meta-analysis (NMA) and component NMA was conducted. This analysis summarised the available evidence concerning these therapies and determined any incremental effect of each component when added to sepsis treatment.

In the following podcast, Dr Fuji explains the methodology employed and details the study results.

Original paper: Effect of adjunctive vitamin C, glucocorticoids, and vitamin B1 on longer-term mortality in adults with sepsis or septic shock: a systematic review and a component network meta-analysis.

Speakers:

Tomoko FUJII. Intensive Care Unit, Jikei University Hospital, 3-25-8, Nishi-Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-8461 (JP). Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre.

Inès LAKBAR. Service Anesthésie - Réanimation Pr LEONE - AP-HM - Hôpital Nord - Marseille (FR).