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Statins and sepsis.

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Gao, F, Linhartova, L, Johnston, A.McD., Thickett, D.R.·2008·British Journal of Anaesthesia

Abstract

Severe sepsis and septic shock is common and frequently fatal. Over the last few years, the primary treatments demonstrated to improve outcome from several major clinical trials have finally emerged. However, translating these recent therapeutic advances to routine clinical practice has proven controversial, and new approaches of additional strategies are continued to be developed. Given their pleiotropic effects related to many pathophysiological determinants of sepsis, statin therapy could be the next step in the search for adjuvant therapy. A future challenge may be to test both the efficacy and the safety by large randomized controlled clinical trials ascertaining the effects of statins administered at the onset of sepsis and in patients with severe sepsis or septic shock admitted into intensive care units.

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  • Meta-analyses and systematic reviews on statins and infection have yielded inconclusive results.

    “Moreover, a considerable number of meta-analyses and systematic reviews have examined the literature on statins and infection with rather inconclusive results (Falagas et al., 2008; Gao et al., 2008; Kopterides and Falagas, 2009; Tleyjeh et al., 2009, 2012; Bjorkhem-Bergman et al., 2010; Janda et al., 2010; van den Hoek et al., 2011; Ma et al., 2012; Wan et al., 2014; Wang et al., 2014).”

    From Atorvastatin Reduces the Survival of Candida albicans-Infected BALB/c Mice (2015) · cites this paper as Gao et al., 2008

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Authors
Gao, F., Linhartova, L., Johnston, A. M., & Thickett, D. R.
Affiliations
  • Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
  • University of Birmingham (GB)
Corresponding author
Gao, F
Venue
British Journal of Anaesthesia
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2008-03
Volume
100
Issue
3
Pages
288-298
ISSN
0007-0912 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2126646722
Cited by
83
References
132
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 6 · 2013: 7 · 2012: 11
FWCI
1.61
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • British Journal of Anaesthesia (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • University of Birmingham Research Portal (University of Birmingham) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Nephrology › Acute Kidney Injury Research
Keywords
statins, sepsis, septic shock, severe sepsis, adjuvant therapy, pleiotropy, intensive care, randomized controlled trials, drug safety
MeSH terms
Animals, Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal, Chemotaxis, Leukocyte, Disease Models, Animal, Humans, Shock, Septic, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, Sepsis, Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors

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