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SUBMITTER: Hanna W
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3612267 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hanna William W Wong Hector R HR
Critical care clinics 20130103 2
Sepsis remains an important challenge in pediatric critical care medicine. This review provides an appraisal of adjunctive therapies for sepsis and highlights opportunities for meeting selected challenges in the field. Future clinical studies should address long-term and functional outcomes as well as acute outcomes. Potential adjunctive therapies such as corticosteroids, hemofiltration, hemoadsorption, and plasmapheresis may have important roles, but still require formal and more rigorous testi ...[more]