An acute inflammatory response to the use of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor to prevent infections in patients with brain injury: what about the brain?

Crit Care Med. 1999 May;27(5):1014-8. doi: 10.1097/00003246-199905000-00049.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Brain Injuries / complications
  • Brain Injuries / immunology*
  • Brain Injuries / therapy*
  • Cerebral Hemorrhage / complications
  • Cerebral Hemorrhage / immunology*
  • Cerebral Hemorrhage / therapy*
  • Cross Infection / etiology
  • Cross Infection / prevention & control*
  • Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor / adverse effects*
  • Humans
  • Inflammation / chemically induced
  • Neutrophils / immunology

Substances

  • Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor