Therapeutics for trauma patients may not be effective if infection is present
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 - 11:14
in Health & Medicine
A new study is analyzing how the immune system is involved in damage to the intestines following hemorrhagic shock. While studying the effects of a complement inhibitor given following hemorrhage, it found that Helicobacter infection changes the body's mechanistic response and would therefore affect the therapeutics given to trauma patients.