Lessons learned from the mechanisms of posttraumatic inflammation extrapolated to the inflammatory response in COVID-19: a review

Abstract Up to 20% of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) patients develop severe inflammatory complications with diffuse pulmonary inflammation, reflecting acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). A similar clinical profile occurs in severe trauma cases. This review comp...

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Main Authors: Michel P. J. Teuben, Roman Pfeifer, Henrik Teuber, Leonard L. De Boer, Sascha Halvachizadeh, Alba Shehu, Hans-Christoph Pape
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-07-01
Series:Patient Safety in Surgery
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13037-020-00253-7