Open AccessHypertonic Saline Enhances Host Response to Bacterial Challenge by Augmenting Receptor-Independent Neutrophil Intracellular Superoxide Formation
Author(s) -
Conor Shields,
Adrian O’Sullivan,
Jiang H. Wang,
Desmond C. Winter,
W. O. Kirwan,
H. P. Redmond
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/01.sla.0000080827.77985.fc
Subject(s) - medicine , hypertonic saline , intracellular , saline , tonicity , phagocytosis , resuscitation , andrology , pharmacology , immunology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , anesthesia , biochemistry
This study sought to determine whether hypertonic saline (HTS) infusion modulates the host response to bacterial challenge.