Endotoxin and cytokines in patients with gastrointestinal tract perforation

• Main Authors: S. Endo (Author), K. Inada (Author), Y. Inoue (Author), T. Otsu (Author), T. Kasai (Author), Y. Kuwata (Author), S. Hoshi (Author), M. Yoshida (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Plasma levels of endotoxin and various cytokines were assessed in 70 patients with gastrointestinal tract perforation. Sepsis developed in 29 of them, and eight of these (27.6%) had on admission endotoxin levels higher than 9.8 pg ml-1. The clinical outcome correlated with the level of tumour necros...