Evidence map›Paper›PMID 20887193›Full record

ReviewAnnual review of pathology2011

The pathogenesis of sepsis.

Deborah J Stearns-Kurosawa, Marcin F Osuchowski, Catherine Valentine, Shinichiro Kurosawa, Daniel G Remick

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Review in Annual review of pathology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 310 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
310citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
24.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

310 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 549 citations in OpenAlex.

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250 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Deborah J Stearns-KurosawaDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Massachusetts 02218, USA. dstearns@bu.edu
Marcin F Osuchowski
Catherine Valentine
Shinichiro Kurosawa
Daniel G Remick
Boston University · USLudwig Boltzmann Institute for Experimental and Clinical Traumatology · AT

Funding

Impact of Biological, Clinical, and Social Determinants on Trauma and Trauma OutcomesT32GM086308 · NIGMS · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI Alik Farber, Daniel G. Remick · 2010 to 2026
$3.5M
Role of Cytokines in Sepsis and TraumaR01GM082962 · NIGMS · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI REMICK, DANIEL G. · 2009 to 2012
$1.3M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM082962NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM086308
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sepsis is a serious clinical condition that represents a patient's response to a severe infection and has a very high mortality rate. Normal immune and physiologic responses eradicate pathogens, and the pathophysiology of sepsis is due to the inappropriate regulation of these normal reactions. In an ideal scenario, the first pathogen contact with the inflammatory system should eliminate the microbe and quickly return the host to homeostasis. The septic response may accelerate due to continued activation of neutrophils and macrophages/monocytes. Upregulation of lymphocyte costimulatory molecules and rapid lymphocyte apoptosis, delayed apoptosis of neutrophils, and enhanced necrosis of cells/tissues also contribute to the pathogenesis of sepsis. The coagulation system is closely tied to the inflammatory response, with cross talk between the two systems driving the dysregulated response. Biomarkers may be used to help diagnose patients with sepsis, and they may also help to identify patients who would benefit from immunomodulatory therapies.

Indexed as

BiomarkersCritical IllnessAcute DiseaseBlood CoagulationFemaleHumansMiddle AgedSepsisBiomarkers

Identifiers

PMID20887193
PMCPMC3684427
OpenAlexW2116965731

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Registered trials

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