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  • Title: [The influence of continuous renal replacement therapy on the plasma levels of endotoxin and cytokines in severely burned patients with sepsis].
    Author: Li HB, Peng YZ.
    Journal: Zhonghua Shao Shang Za Zhi; 2003 Apr; 19(2):67-70. PubMed ID: 12812627.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: To investigate the influence of continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) on the plasma levels of endotoxin and cytokines in severely burned patients with sepsis. METHODS: Ten burn patients who received CRRT and another 10 without CRRT were investigated in terms of the changes in their plasma concentrations of endotoxin and some cytokines (TNFalpha, IL-1beta, IL-6, IL-8). RESULTS: The plasma concentrations of endotoxin and all the cytokines (TNFalpha, IL-1beta, IL-6, IL-8) after CRRT treatment were significantly lower than those before the treatment (P < 0.01), and the plasma levels of the above factors at all the time points after CRRT treatment than those in patients were evidently lower by routine treatment (P < 0.05 - 0.01). CONCLUSION: CRRT treatment could effectively lower the plasma levels of endotoxin and some cytokines (TNFalpha, IL-1beta, IL-6, IL-8).
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