Plasma exchange, methylprednisolone, IV immune globulin, and now anakinra support continued PICU equipoise in management of hyperferritinemia-associated sepsis/multiple organ dysfunction syndrome/macrophage activation syndrome/secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis syndrome*

Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2014 Jun;15(5):486-8. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000000098.

Authors

Dennis W Simon¹, Rajesh Aneja, Joseph A Carcillo, E Scott Halstead

Affiliation

¹ Department of Critical Care Medicine and Pediatrics University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Pittsburgh, PA Department of Pediatrics Pennsylvania State University Hershey, PA.

No abstract available

Publication types

Editorial
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Comment

MeSH terms

Antirheumatic Agents / therapeutic use*
Female
Humans
Interleukin 1 Receptor Antagonist Protein / therapeutic use*
Lymphohistiocytosis, Hemophagocytic / drug therapy*
Male

Substances

Antirheumatic Agents
Interleukin 1 Receptor Antagonist Protein

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