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Indicators of the Posttraumatic Inflammatory Response Correlate with Organ Failure in Patients with Multiple Injuries

D. Nast‐Kolb, Christian Waydhas, Cornelia Gippner‐Steppert, I Schneider, A. Trupka, Steffen Ruchholtz, Ralph Zettl, L. Schweiberer, Marianne Jochum

1997 · 213 citations · 31 references

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Abstract

These data show that the degree of the initial inflammatory response corresponds with the development of posttraumatic organ failure. Besides anatomically and physiologically based trauma scores, these parameters might be used as indicators for the injury severity.

References

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Carl Boyd, M Tolson, Wayne S. Copes · PubMed · 1987 · 2K citations

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A Revision of the Trauma Score

Howard R. Champion, William J. Sacco, Wayne S. Copes et al. · The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care · 1989 · 1.9K citations

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Evaluating Trauma Care

Carl Boyd, Mary Ann Tolson, Wayne S. Copes · The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care · 1987 · 1.8K citations

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Multiple-Organ Failure

R. Jan A. Goris · Archives of Surgery · 1985 · 1.3K citations

The Major Trauma Outcome Study: establishing national norms for trauma care.

H R Champion, Wayne S. Copes, William J. Sacco et al. · PubMed · 1990 · 1.1K citations

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