Activated Protein C Does Not Alleviate the Course of Systemic Inflammation in the APCAP Trial

• Main Authors: Lea Kyhälä (Author), Panu Mentula (Author), Leena Kylänpää (Author), Eeva Moilanen (Author), Pauli Puolakkainen (Author), Ville Pettilä (Author), Heikki Repo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The study aimed to determine the effect of the activated protein C on the course of systemic inflammation in the APCAP (activated protein C in acute pancreatitis) trial where we randomized 32 patients with severe acute pancreatitis to receive either recombinant activated protein C (drotrecogin alfa...