Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về y học đề tài: Erythropoietin mimics the acute phase response in critical illness. | Available online http content 7 3 R35 Research Open Access Erythropoietin mimics the acute phase response in critical illness John Michael Elliot1 Tanit Virankabutra2 Stephen Jones3 Surasak Tanudsintum4 Graham Lipkin5 Susan Todd6 and Julian Bion7 1 Research Fellow University Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham UK 2Research Fellow University Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham UK 3Consultant in Clinical Chemistry Department of Biochemistry Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham UK 4Research Fellow University Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham UK 5Consultant in Renal Medicine Department of Nephrology Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham UK 6Medical Statistician Medical and Pharmaceutical Statistics Research Unit University of Reading Reading UK 7Senior Lecturer in Intensive Care Medicine University Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham UK Correspondence John Michael Elliot Received 25 March 2003 Accepted 2 April 2003 Published 24 April 2003 Critical Care 2003 7 R35-R40 DOI cc2185 This article is online at http content 7 3 R35 2003 Elliot et al. licensee BioMed Central Ltd Print ISSN 1364-8535 Online ISSN 1466-609X . This is an Open Access article verbatim copying and redistribution of this article are permitted in all media for any purpose provided this notice is preserved along with the article s original URL. Abstract Background In a prospective observational study we examined the temporal relationships between serum erythropoietin EPO levels haemoglobin concentration and the inflammatory response in critically ill patients with and without acute renal failure ARF . Patients and method Twenty-five critically ill patients from general and cardiac intensive care units ICUs in a university hospital were studied. Eight had ARF and 17 .
