Critical illness and flat batteries
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Critical illness and flat batteries
An exaggerated, dysregulated host response to insults such as infection (i.e. sepsis), trauma and ischaemia-reperfusion injury can result in multiple organ dysfunction and death. While the focus of research in this area has largely centred on inflammation and immunity, a crucial missing link is the precise identification of mechanisms at the organ level that cause this physiological-biochemical...
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عنوان ژورنال: Critical Care
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI: 10.1186/s13054-017-1913-9