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Observational studyMedicine2020

A retrospective study of ulinastatin for the treatment of severe sepsis.

Chao Meng, Yi Qian, Wen-Hao Zhang, Ying Liu, Xiao-Chun Song, Han Liu, Xiang Wang

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Observational study in Medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 20% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Effect of Urinary Trypsin Inhibitor (Ulinastatin) Therapy in COVID-19.Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine · 2022
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  10. High Mobility Group Proteins in Sepsis.Frontiers in immunology · 2022
    Review
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Chao MengDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, Nanjing First Hospital.
Yi QianThe State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Clinical Center of Reproductive Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Wen-Hao ZhangDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, Nanjing First Hospital.
Ying LiuDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, Nanjing First Hospital.
Xiao-Chun SongDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, Nanjing First Hospital.
Han LiuDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, Nanjing First Hospital.ORCID 0000-0001-8464-5858
Xiang WangDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, Nanjing First Hospital.
Nanjing Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This retrospective study aimed to investigate the efficacy and safety of existing approach of ulinastatin for the treatment of severe sepsis (SS).A total of 130 eligible patients with SS were included in this study. We divided them into an intervention group (n = 65) and a control group (n = 65). Patients in both groups received conventional therapy. In addition, patients in the intervention group received ulinastatin for 7 days. Outcomes were measured by Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II), Multiple Organ Failure (MOF), Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS), CD3, CD4, CD8, CD4/CD8, and adverse events. We assessed all outcomes before and after treatment.After treatment, patients in the intervention group showed better improvement in APACHE II (P < .01), MOF (P < .01), GCS (P < .01), CD3 (P = .03), CD4 (P = .03), and CD4/CD8 (P < .01), than those of patients in the control group. There are similar safety profiles between both groups.This study suggests that ulinastatin may be beneficial for SS. Future studies are still needed to warrant the results of this study.

Indexed as

APACHEFemaleGlasgow Coma ScaleGlycoproteinsHumansMaleMultiple Organ FailureRetrospective StudiesSepsisTrypsin InhibitorsGlycoproteinsTrypsin Inhibitorsurinastatin

Identifiers

PMID33285716
PMCPMC7717755
OpenAlexW3112722328

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