Anticoagulant modulation of inflammation in severe sepsis

• 作者: Eva Sawheny Gary T Kinasewitz Karen S Allen
• 来源期刊: 世界重症医学杂志
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: INFLAMMATION Protein C Heparin Tissue factor pathway inhibitor THROMBOMODULIN ANTITHROMBIN Sepsis Coagulation NEUTROPHIL extracellular TRAPS
• 年，卷（期）: sjzzyxzz,（2）
• 页码范围: 105-115
• 页数: 11页
• 分类号: R

摘要

Inflammation and coagulation are so tightly linked that the cytokine storm which accompanies the development of sepsis initiates thrombin activation and the development of an intravascular coagulopathy.This review examines the interaction between the inflammatory and coagulation cascades,as well as the role of endogenous anticoagulants in regulating this interaction and dampening the activity of both pathways.Clinical trials attempting to improve outcomes in patients with severe sepsis by inhibiting thrombin generation with heparin and or endogenous anticoagulants are reviewed.In general,these trials have failed to demonstrate that anticoagulant therapy is associated with improvement in mortality or morbidity.While it is possible that selective patients who are severely ill with a high expected mortality may be shown to benefit from such therapy,at the present time none of these anticoagulants are neither approved nor can they be recommended for the treatment of sepsis.