Sepsis
Study results from Hannover Medical School update understanding of sepsis
Published in Blood Weekly, March 8th, 2007
Data detailed in "Influence of sex and age on mods and cytokines after multiple injuries" have been presented. According to a study from Hannover, Germany, "Although salutary effects of female sex steroids have been demonstrated not only in proestrus females but also in male animals treated with estradiol in different models of trauma, it remains unknown whether sex hormones influence post-traumatic immune response in humans. We therefore investigated the effect of sex and age on organ dysfunction and clinical course in patients with multiple injuries."
"Polytraumatized patients (injury severity score >16) between 16 and 65 years old admitted to the Hannover Medical...
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