Erschienen in:
19.11.2018 | Editorial
“What’s new?”
Immunostimulating strategies in the ICU
verfasst von:
Peter Pickkers, Tom van der Poll
Erschienen in:
Intensive Care Medicine
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Ausgabe 1/2019
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Excerpt
Until now, treatment of sepsis has been characterized by two revolutionary steps that significantly improved survival: the introduction of antibiotics and the development of intensive care units (ICUs). Whereas antibiotics target the pathogen, all other treatments focus on
support of the host. As sepsis is defined as a life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to an infection [
1], a third revolution—immunotherapy
targeting the patient’s immune reaction—might be at the break of dawn to further improve the outcome of sepsis patients. …