Publications by authors named "Bjoern Rump"
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- Sepsis is a major cause of death and treatment focused on immune responses often fails; researchers studied how human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) status impacts mortality in sepsis patients.
- In a study of 410 sepsis patients, those with HCMV were found to have a significantly higher 30-day mortality rate (38%) compared to those without HCMV (25%).
- The study suggests re-evaluating inflammation markers as predictive tools for sepsis outcomes based on HCMV serostatus, hinting that targeting HCMV could improve individualized treatment strategies.
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a toll on health care systems worldwide, which has led to increased mortality of different diseases like myocardial infarction. This is most likely due to three factors. First, an increased workload per nurse ratio, a factor associated with mortality.
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