CYTOKINE PATTERNS IN PATIENTS AFTER MAJOR VASCULAR-SURGERY, HEMORRHAGIC-SHOCK, AND SEVERE BLUNT TRAUMA - RELATION WITH SUBSEQUENT ADULT-RESPIRATORY-DISTRESS-SYNDROME AND MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE

Authors
ROUMEN RMH HENDRIKS T VANDERVENJONGEKRIJG J NIEUWENHUIJZEN GAP SAUERWEIN RW VANDERMEER JWM GORIS RJA
Citation
Rmh. Roumen et al., CYTOKINE PATTERNS IN PATIENTS AFTER MAJOR VASCULAR-SURGERY, HEMORRHAGIC-SHOCK, AND SEVERE BLUNT TRAUMA - RELATION WITH SUBSEQUENT ADULT-RESPIRATORY-DISTRESS-SYNDROME AND MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE, Annals of surgery, 218(6), 1993, pp. 769-776
Citations number
38
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
Annals of surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00034932
Volume
218
Issue
6
Year of publication
1993
Pages
769 - 776
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-4932(1993)218:6<769:CPIPAM>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
This study investigates the course of serum cytokine levels in patient s with multiple trauma, patients with a ruptured abdominal aortic aneu rysm (AAA), and patients undergoing elective AAA repair and the relati onship of these cytokines to the development of adult respiratory dist ress syndrome (ARDS) and multiple organ failure (MOF).