Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid cytokine bead array profile for prognostication of ventilated trauma patients.
Subodh KumarNidhi BhardwajSurbhi KhuranaAmit GuptaKapil Dev SoniRicha AggrawalPurva MathurPublished in: Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine (2016)
A proinflammatory response in the form of elevated IL-6 and IL-8 correlated poorly with the clinical outcome. Th-1 response was significantly reduced in patients with VAP. A proinflammatory response in the form of elevated IL-6 and IL-8 correlated poorly with the clinical outcome.