Is `` Renal dose '' dopamine associated with the risk of new-onset atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery?
Renal-dose dopamine is associated with a 1.74 odds ratio of pAF developing after CABG.
Patients with the sepsis syndrome have detectable levels of circulating TNF-alpha, IL-1, IL-6, and lipopolysaccharide independent of culture-documented infection. Lipopolysaccharide and cytokines may play a pathogenic role in sepsis, and the combination of several elevated factors may be important in determining patient survival.