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Analysis of peripheral blood lymphocyte subsets in critical patients at ICU admission: A preliminary investigation of their role in the prediction of sepsis during ICU stay.
International journal of immunopathology and pharmacology - 1 Jan 2000
Frattari Antonella, Polilli Ennio, Primiterra Vanessa, Savini Vincenzo, Ursini Tamara, Di Iorio Giancarlo, Parruti Giustino
Abstract excerpt
A better knowledge of factors predicting the development of sepsis in patients hospitalized in intensive care unit (ICU) might help deploy more targeted preventive and therapeutic strategies. In addition to the known clinical and demographic predictors of septic syndromes, in this study, we investigated whether measuring T and B lymphocyte subsets upon admission in the ICU may help individualize the prediction of...
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