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N-acetylcysteine in clinical sepsis: a difficult marriageHerbert Spapen
Intensive Care Department, Academic Hospital, Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Belgium
Crit Care 8:229-30. 2004..Studies that put these highly favourable properties to the clinical test remain scarce but are definitely needed to determine whether N-acetylcysteine has a place in our therapeutic armamentarium against sepsis...
Effects of N-acetylcysteine on microalbuminuria and organ failure in acute severe sepsis: results of a pilot studyHerbert D Spapen
Intensive Care Department, Academic Hospital, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Laarbeeklaan, 101, B 1090 Brussels, Belgium
Chest 127:1413-9. 2005..N-acetylcysteine (NAC) has been shown to decrease capillary leakage in experimental sepsis. The present study investigated the effect of early treatment with NAC on microalbuminuria and organ dysfunction in severe clinical sepsis...
Diagnostic markers of sepsis in the emergency departmentH D Spapen
Intensive Care Department, Academic Hospital, Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Laarbeeklaan 101 B 1090 Brussels, Belgium
Acta Clin Belg 61:138-42. 2006..However, PCT measurement is more costly, time-consuming, and not widespread available. New markers for rapid diagnosis of sepsis (e.g. TREM-1) are under investigation...
Drotrecogin alfa (activated) (recombinant human activated protein C) reduces host coagulopathy response in patients with severe sepsisJean Francois Dhainaut
Service de Reanimation Medicale, Centre Hospitalo Universitaire Cochin Port Royal, AP HP, Paris V University, Paris, France
Thromb Haemost 90:642-53. 2003..These latter two effects may occur at the local or cellular level. The systemic biomarkers reported here might not be the most appropriate approach to demonstrate these potential effects of drotrecogin alfa (activated)...
The glycemia threat in sepsis: too high, too low, or too... variable!Herbert D Spapen
Crit Care Med 36:2459-60. 2008
