Early hemoperfusion with an immobilized polymyxin B fiber column eliminates humoral mediators and improves pulmonary oxygenation.

Kushi, Hidehiko; Miki, Takahiro; Okamaoto, Kazuhiko; Nakahara, Jun; Saito, Takeshi; Tanjoh, Katsuhisa

Kushi, Hidehiko; Miki, Takahiro; Okamaoto, Kazuhiko; Nakahara, Jun; Saito, Takeshi; Tanjoh, Katsuhisa.

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Kushi H; Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine, 30-1 Oyaguchi Kamimachi, Tokyo, 173-8610, Japan. hkushi@med.nihon-u.ac.jp

Crit Care ; 9(6): R653-61, 2005.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16280061

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Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use; Hemoperfusion/instrumentation; Hemoperfusion/methods; Polymyxin B/therapeutic use; Respiratory Distress Syndrome/etiology; Respiratory Distress Syndrome/therapy; Sepsis/complications; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Biomarkers/blood; Endothelial Cells/metabolism; Female; Humans; Interleukin-8/blood; Leukocyte Elastase/blood; Male; Middle Aged; Oxygen/metabolism; Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1/blood; Respiratory Distress Syndrome/immunology; Respiratory Distress Syndrome/metabolism; Time Factors; Treatment Outcome

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Full text: 1 Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Polymyxin B / Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Hemoperfusion / Sepsis / Anti-Bacterial Agents Limits: Adult / Aged / Aged80 / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Language: En Year: 2005 Type: Article

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