Immunoinflammatory response in critically ill patients: severe sepsis and/or trauma

Mediators Inflamm. 2013:2013:362793. doi: 10.1155/2013/362793. Epub 2013 Nov 24.

Abstract

Immunoinflammatory response in critically ill patients is very complex. This review explores some of the new elements of immunoinflammatory response in severe sepsis, tumor necrosis factor-alpha in severe acute pancreatitis as a clinical example of immune response in sepsis, immune response in severe trauma with or without secondary sepsis, and genetic aspects of host immuno-inflammatory response to various insults in critically ill patients.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Critical Illness*
  • Humans
  • Lipopolysaccharide Receptors / genetics
  • Multiple Organ Failure / immunology
  • Pancreatitis / immunology
  • Polymorphism, Genetic
  • Sepsis / immunology*
  • Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome / etiology*
  • Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome / genetics
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / genetics
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / physiology
  • Wounds and Injuries / immunology*

Substances

  • Lipopolysaccharide Receptors
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha