Does hemorrhagic shock resuscitation with a low molecular weight starch reduce neutrophil-endothelial interactions and vessel leakage in vivo?
10% pentastarch reduces RL-associated EC-PMN interactions and vessel leakage following hemorrhagic shock. These results support the use of low MW starches to resuscitate hemorrhagic shock, potentially reducing PMN-mediated tissue injury.
Fever in critically ill children occurs frequently during PICU stay. Fever after 48 hours of admission or new episodes of fever after 48 nonfebrile hours were mainly caused by nosocomial infections and was independently associated with prolonged length of ventilatory support and PICU stay.