Effects of therapeutic plasma exchange on the endothelial glycocalyx in septic shock.
Klaus StahlUta Carola HillebrandYulia KiyanBenjamin SeeligerJulius J SchmidtHeiko SchenkThorben PapeBernhard M W SchmidtTobias WelteMarius M HoeperAgnes SauerMalgorzata WygreckaChristian BodeHeiner WedemeyerHermann HallerSascha DavidPublished in: Intensive care medicine experimental (2021)
Septic shock results in profound degradation of the eGC and an acquired deficiency of the protective regulator Hpa-2. TPE removed potentially injurious eGC degradation products and partially attenuated Hpa-2 deficiency. Trial registration clinicaltrials.gov NCT04231994, retrospectively registered 18 January 2020.