Book Review: Sepsis and Multi Organ Failure

Platelets and Multi-Organ Failure in Sepsis

Platelets have received increasing attention for their role in the pathophysiology of infectious disease, inflammation, and immunity. In sepsis, a low platelet count is a well-known biomarker for disease severity and more recently authors have focused their attention on the active role of platelets in the pathogenesis of multi-organ failure. Septic shock is characterised by a dysregulated infla...

Multi-Organ Failure due to Paraquat Poisoning: Case Report and Review of Literature

Year in review in Critical Care, 2004: sepsis and multi-organ failure

Plasma procalcitonin in sepsis and organ failure.

INTRODUCTION Because the use of procalcitonin (PCT) as a marker of bacterial infection has been advocated, this study was carried out to determine the usefulness of plasma PCT in the early diagnosis and differentiation of patients with non-infectious systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) from those with sepsis, and the relationship between plasma PCT level and severity of organ failure...

multi-organ failure due to paraquat poisoning: case report and review of literature

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