Critical illness and flat batteries

Abstract An exaggerated, dysregulated host response to insults such as infection (i.e. sepsis), trauma and ischaemia-reperfusion injury can result in multiple organ dysfunction and death. While the focus of research in this area has largely centred on inflammation and immunity, a crucial missing lin...

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Main Author: Mervyn Singer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-12-01
Series:Critical Care
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13054-017-1913-9