Sepsis
Data from Cukurova University Provide New Insights into Sepsis
Published in Blood Weekly, April 12th, 2012
2012 APR 12 -- According to the authors of recent research from Adana, Turkey, "Considering the potential immunomodulatory role of melatonin and its direct antioxidant activity, disturbances of the melatonin secretion pattern in the septic conditions could be particularly unfavorable. The aim of this study was to evaluate the nocturnal melatonin concentration and total 24-hr excretion of 6-sulfatoxymelatoninsulfate, melatonin's major urinary metabolite, in children with sepsis in the pediatric intensive care unit."
"Prospective observational pilot study. A pediatric intensive care unit. Twenty septic and 20 nonseptic children admitted between February 2008...
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Source: Blood Weekly (2012-04-12)
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