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The Immunomodulatory Effect of Sevoflurane in Endotoxin-Injured Alveolar Epithelial Cells

Dominik Suter, Donat R. Spahn, Stephan Blumenthal, Livia Reyes, Christa Booy, Birgit Roth Z graggen, Beatrice Beck‐Schimmer

Anesthesia & Analgesia · 2007 · 76 citations · 23 references

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This study shows that sevoflurane alters the LPS-induced inflammatory response, not only with respect to the expression pattern of inflammatory mediators, but also regarding the biological consequences with less accumulation of effector cells such as neutrophils.

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Epidemiology of severe sepsis in the United States: Analysis of incidence, outcome, and associated costs of care

Derek C. Angus, Walter T. Linde‐Zwirble, Jeffrey Lidicker et al. · Critical Care Medicine · 2001 · 8.5K citations

Epidemiology and outcome of acute lung injury in European intensive care units

Intensive Care Medicine · 2004 · 691 citations

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Reduced Quality of Life in Survivors of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Compared With Critically Ill Control Patients

Timothy A. Davidson, Ellen Caldwell, J. Randall Curtis et al. · JAMA · 1999 · 431 citations · Full text

Differential Protective Effects of Volatile Anesthetics against Renal Ischemia–Reperfusion Injury In Vivo 

H Thomas Lee, Ayuko Ota‐Setlik, Yulei Fu et al. · Anesthesiology · 2004 · 231 citations

Decreased alveolar oxygen induces lung inflammation

Caveh Madjdpour, Ursula R. Jewell, S. Kneller et al. · American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology · 2003 · 195 citations · Full text