Is sevelamer cost effective versus calcium carbonate for the first-line treatment of hyperphosphatemia in new patients to hemodialysis : a patient-level economic evaluation of the INDEPENDENT-HD study?
Data on hospitalizations was taken from a post hoc retrospective chart review of the patients included in the INDEPENDENT study. Patient quality of life or health utility was not included in the analysis.
After injury, PMNs are primed for proinflammatory cytokine release in addition to superoxide and elastase. This augmented release of IL-8 and TNF may be involved in the subsequent development of organ dysfunction and ultimately MOF.