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Serum interleukin-6 level as an early marker of injury severity in trauma patients in an urban low-income setting: a cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: Trauma is still the leading cause of death in many regions of the world. Severity scores have been developed to assist in management of trauma victims. Immune response to trauma has been known to positively correspond to the severity of trauma. Part of this response involves release of c...

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Autores principales: Okeny, Paul K., Ongom, Peter, Kituuka, Olivia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4574191/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26376825
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12873-015-0048-z