The Pharmacology of Acute Lung Injury in Sepsis

Acute lung injury (ALI) secondary to sepsis is one of the leading causes of death in sepsis. As such, many pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic strategies have been employed to attenuate its course. Very few of these strategies have proven beneficial. In this paper, we discuss the epidemiology and pat...

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Main Author: Brian Michael Varisco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2011-01-01
Series:Advances in Pharmacological Sciences
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/254619
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