Article
Development of an automated plasmapheresis system for the treatment of sepsis
2019-01-01
Abstract excerpt
Background: Sepsis is one of the leading cause of death in ICU. The causes of sepsis could be viral, bacterial, fungal infection, also, and in some instances trauma. When a local response to the infection becomes a systemic response, the immune system becomes chaotic. Cytokines are produced in an uncontrolled way, resulting in a cytokines storm. The immune system enters a hyperactivation status that leads to multi...
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- Literature Corpus work
- cfc10f00-4986-5a58-b73e-56c1eb984122
- DOI
- 10.48730/s0g7-c281
