Open AccessInsulin Treatment Improves the Systemic Inflammatory Reaction to Severe Trauma
Author(s) -
Marc G. Jeschke,
Dagmar Klein,
David N. Herndon
Publication year - 2004
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.0000118569.10289.ad
Subject(s) - medicine , hypermetabolism , insulin , systemic inflammatory response syndrome , systemic inflammation , acute phase protein , organ dysfunction , endocrinology , inflammation , sepsis , multiple organ dysfunction syndrome , homeostasis , glucose homeostasis , insulin resistance
Determine the effect of insulin on the systemic inflammatory response, pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines and hepatic acute-phase-response in severely burned pediatric patients.