Acute pancreatitis a possible role for activated protein C.docVIP

Available online /content/9/3/243 Commentary Acute pancreatitis: a possible role for activated protein C? Linda Kirschenbaum and Mark Astiz Saint Vincents Hospital, New York, New York, USA Corresponding author: Mark E Astiz, meastiz@ Published online: 13 April 2005 Critical Care 2005, 9:243-244 (DOI 10.1186/cc3515) This article is online at /content/9/3/243 ? 2005 BioMed Central Ltd See related research by Yamanel et al. in this issue [/content/9/3/R184] Abstract Activated recombinant protein C (APC), a derivative of a naturally occurring anticoagulant, reduces mortality in s