Aspirin as a potential treatment in sepsis or acute respiratory distress syndrome

Critical Care

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Toner, Philip ^a   McAuley, Danny Francis ^a,b   Shyamsundar, Murali ^a,b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; LIPOXIN; NITRIC OXIDE; PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; BLEEDING; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG SAFETY; EDEMA; ENZYME INHIBITION; EXTRACELLULAR TRAP; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SEPSIS; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION INHIBITION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; DRUG EFFECTS; LUNG; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT;

ASPIRIN; HUMANS; LUNG; PLATELET ACTIVATION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; SEPSIS;

EID: 84944723403     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13054-015-1091-6     Document Type: Review

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