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SUBMITTER: Walden AP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2945071 | biostudies-literature | 2010
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Walden Andrew P AP Young J Duncan JD Sharples Edward E
Critical care (London, England) 20100806 4
Sepsis is the systemic inflammatory response to infection and can result in multiple organ dysfunction syndrome with associated high mortality, morbidity and health costs. Erythropoietin is a well-established treatment for the anaemia of renal failure due to its anti-apoptotic effects on red blood cells and their precursors. The extra-haemopoietic actions of erythropoietin include vasopressor, anti-apoptotic, cytoprotective and immunomodulating actions, all of which could prove beneficial in sep ...[more]