Browsing by Subject "Intensive care unit"

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Host immune response in sepsis due to ventilator-associated pneumonia: How is it different?

Christaki, Eirini (2009)

Current evidence regarding potentially different host response mechanisms in sepsis according to the type of initiating infection is sporadic. It is possible that alterations in cell populations, variations in effector ...
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Is the mortality rate for septic shock really decreasing?

Christaki, Eirini; Opal, Steven M. (2008)

Survival rates for patients in septic shock have gradually improved in critical care units worldwide over the last 25 years. Further improvement will be predicated on the discovery of new therapies to disrupt the underlying ...