Open AccessCytokine profile in elderly patients with sepsis
Author(s) -
Anil Kumar,
U Sudhir,
K Punith,
Rahul Kumar,
Vignesh Kumar,
Medha Rao
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
indian journal of critical care medicine/indian journal of critical care medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.317
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1998-359X
pISSN - 0972-5229
DOI - 10.4103/0972-5229.56052
Subject(s) - medicine , sepsis , cytokine , intensive care medicine , immunology
Sepsis is a serious health problem in the elderly with a high degree of mortality. There is very limited data available in elderly subjects regarding the markers for sepsis. Development of good markers will help in overall management and prediction of sepsis.