Title: Pharmacologic Manipulation of Systemic Inflammatory Response after Cardiac Surgery
Abstract: Cardiac surgery and cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) activate a systemic inflammatory response characterized clinically by alterations in organ system function. Although significant morbidity is rare (approximately 1%-2% of cases) yet most patients undergoing CPB experience some degree of organ dysfunction as a result of activation of the inflammatory response. Various strategies have been developed aiming to reduce systemic inflammatory response and its deleterious effects on organ function after cardiac surgery. This article presents a review of pharmacologic manipulation of systemic inflammatory response after cardiac surgery.
Publication Year: 2004
Publication Date: 2004-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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