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- Title
The Lung-Brain Axis in Ventilator-induced Brain Injury: Enter IL-6.
- Authors
Witzenrath, Martin; Kuebler, Wolfgang M.
- Abstract
An editorial is presented on neurological dysfunction and delirium affecting the patients in the ICU. Topics include posttraumatic stress, depression, or adverse effects after prolonged sedation; circulating inflammatory cytokines representing likely candidates for such interorgan communication; and generated by activated macrophages, neutrophils, and potentially epithelial cells in overventilated alveoli.
- Subjects
DELIRIUM; INTENSIVE care units; POST-traumatic stress; CYTOKINES; NEUTROPHILS
- Publication
American Journal of Respiratory Cell & Molecular Biology, 2021, Vol 65, Issue 4, p339
- ISSN
1044-1549
- Publication type
Editorial
- DOI
10.1165/rcmb.2021-0233ED