Cytokine elaboration in critically ill infants with bacterial sepsis, necrotizing entercolitis, or sepsis syndrome: Correlation with clinical parameters of inflammation and mortality

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
10091520	The Journal of Pediatrics	2005	7 Pages	PDF

Abstract

Plasma and TA cytokine levels are elevated in critically ill infants with bacterial sepsis or NEC compared with those in infants with sepsis syndrome. Our results suggest distinct patterns of cytokine elaboration in different disease states.

Keywords

NEC ARDS FiO2 ENA-78 TNF Necrotizing enterocolitis interleukin Tracheal aspirate Acute respiratory distress syndrome Oxygenation index tumor necrosis factor Mean airway pressure map Fraction of inspired oxygen

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Cytokine elaboration in critically ill infants with bacterial sepsis, necrotizing entercolitis, or sepsis syndrome: Correlation with clinical parameters of inflammation and mortality

Authors

Mary Catherine MD, Carl T. MD, Paul R. MA, David MD, Jacquelyn MD, Laurie PhD,