Bench to bedside A role for erythropoietin in sepsis.docVIP

Walden et al. Critical Care 2010,14:227 /content/14/4/227 RE VIE W Bench to bedside: A role for erythropoietin in sepsis Andrew P Walden* , J Duncan Young and Edward Sharples 1 1 2 1,000 population, a mortality rate at 1 month of 30% from recent randomised trials, and costs of between $11,500 Abstract Sepsis is the systemic in?ammatory response to infection and can result in multiple organ dysfunction syndrome with associated high mortality, morbidity and health costs. Er