DIFFERENT PATTERN OF LOCAL AND SYSTEMIC R ELEASE OF PROINFLAMMATORY AND ANTIINFLAMMATORY MEDIATORS IN SEVERELY INJURED PATIENTS WITH CHEST TRAUMA

Citation
M. Keel et al., DIFFERENT PATTERN OF LOCAL AND SYSTEMIC R ELEASE OF PROINFLAMMATORY AND ANTIINFLAMMATORY MEDIATORS IN SEVERELY INJURED PATIENTS WITH CHEST TRAUMA, Langenbecks Archiv fur Chirurgie, 1996, pp. 295-298
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
ISSN journal
00238236
Year of publication
1996
Supplement
1
Pages
295 - 298
Database
ISI
SICI code
0023-8236(1996):<295:DPOLAS>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
A strong inflammatory response early after multiple trauma combined wi th chest injury was detected in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, but not in circulation when compared with healthy individuals. In contrast, an ti-inflammatory mechanisms seem to be activated locally in the lung an d systemically.