[HTML][HTML] Platelets, neutrophils, and neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) in sepsis

AC Ma, P Kubes - Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 2008 - Elsevier
Sepsis is a severe illness caused by overwhelming infection of the bloodstream and affects
more than 750 000 people in the US each year [1]. The American College of Chest
Physicians/Society of Critical Care Medicine (ACCP/SCCM) defines sepsis as systemic
inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) resulting from infection (bacterial, viral, fungal or
parasitic)[2]. Increasing complications of sepsis can lead to severe sepsis, septic shock, and
multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS), and this often results in death. In fact, severe …