Erschienen in:
01.02.2014 | Letter
Circulating neutrophil counts and mortality in septic shock
verfasst von:
Jesús F Bermejo-Martín, Eduardo Tamayo, Gema Ruiz, David Andaluz-Ojeda, Rubén Herrán-Monge, Arturo Muriel-Bombín, Maria Fe Muñoz, María Heredia-Rodríguez, Rafael Citores, José Ignacio Gómez-Herreras, Jesús Blanco, for the EXPRESS (Expresión Génica en Sepsis) and GRECIA (Grupo de Estudios y Análisis en Cuidados Intensivos) groups
Erschienen in:
Critical Care
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Ausgabe 1/2014
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Excerpt
Polynuclear neutrophils can play dual roles in sepsis: on the one hand they mediate major antimicrobial activities and on the other hand they can contribute to the development of multiple organ failure [
1]. Nonetheless, in spite of the importance of these cells in sepsis, the influence of the circulating neutrophil count (CNC) on the prognosis of septic patients with this pathology has not been properly evaluated. …