作者: S. J. Finney , S. J. Wort , T. W. Evans
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-56107-8_14
关键词: CIRCULATORY FAILURE 、 Medicine 、 Septic shock 、 Cardiology 、 Internal medicine 、 Respir crit 、 Hospital patients 、 Inflammatory response 、 Pulmonary hypertension 、 Nitric oxide
摘要: The systemic inflammatory response (SIRS) and its associated syndromes [1] represent formidable problems in critical care medicine, afflicting more than 1% of hospital patients. In 40% cases, circulatory failure or septic shock ensues with an mortality 40–80%, resulting approximately 250, 000 deaths per annum the United States alone [2]. Death is usually attributable to multi-organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS).