SCIATIC DENERVATION-INDUCED SKELETAL MUSCLE ATROPHY IS ASSOCIATED WITH PERSISTENT INFLAMMATION AND INCREASED MORTALITY DURING SEPSIS.

Background: Patients with underlying skeletal muscle atrophy are likely to develop aggravated sepsis. However, no study has experimentally verified the association between the prognosis of sepsis and muscle atrophy, and the mechanism of aggravation of sepsis under muscle atrophy remains unclear. In this study, we investigated the effect of skeletal muscle atrophy induced by sciatic denervation (DN), an experimental muscle atrophy model, on sepsis prognosis.

Stability of antimicrobial agents in an elastomeric infusion pump used for outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy.

Objectives: The long-term stability of antimicrobials dissolved in infusion solution is necessary to establish and spread the outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT). In this study, we evaluated the stability of antimicrobial agents dissolved in infusion solutions.

Methods: The antimicrobial agents were dissolved in infusion solutions and kept at 25 °C and 31.