Issn Print: 1073-2322
Publication Date: 2006/10/01
BLOOD SELENIUM CONCENTRATIONS IN SEPTIC SHOCK DUE TO PERITONITIS
Fuhong Su; Zhen Wang; Forceville Xavier; Jean-Louis Vincent
Excerpt
Decreased plasma selenium concentrations may occur in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients with a systemic inflammatory response. The decrease may be related to a three-fold increase in morbidity and mortality (1). Supplementation of selenium may represent a simple and valuable therapeutic intervention in critically ill patients (2). To further explore this issue, we investigated blood selenium concentrations in a clinically relevant sheep model of septic shock.
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