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Evaluation of sepsis induced cardiac dysfunction as a predictor of mortality

BACKGROUND: Sepsis is characterized by life threatening organ dysfunction with dysregulated immune response. Cardiac dysfunction seen in sepsis is unique as it is reversible within 7–10 days. Initial study by Parker et al. in 1984, showed, paradoxically lower ejection fraction in survivors of septic...

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Autor principal: Havaldar, Amarja Ashok
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6267025/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30501628
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12947-018-0149-4