The pathophysiology and treatment of sepsis

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 348, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 138-150

  Hotchkiss, Richard S ^a   Karl, Irene E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

APOPTOSIS; AUTOPSY; CELL DEATH; CLONAL ANERGY; DISEASE COURSE; HEREDITY; HIBERNATION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN TREATMENT; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SEPSIS;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; APOPTOSIS; CLONAL ANERGY; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN; NEUTROPHILS; PROTEIN C; SEPSIS;

EID: 0037426726     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMra021333     Document Type: Review

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