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Editorial
. 2020;49(3):255-258.
doi: 10.1159/000507039. Epub 2020 Mar 13.

Coronavirus Epidemic and Extracorporeal Therapies in Intensive Care: si vis pacem para bellum

Claudio Ronco  1   2   3 , Thiago Reis  4   5 , Silvia De Rosa  4   6
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Editorial

Coronavirus Epidemic and Extracorporeal Therapies in Intensive Care: si vis pacem para bellum

Claudio Ronco et al. Blood Purif. 2020.
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The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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a After a viral infection, a percentage of patients suffer from severe pneumonia. Such patients may have a systemic cytokine release due to the illness itself, to the mechanical ventilation-associated lung injury, and to the extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. This will induce endothelial dysfunction and consequent organ failure. b The application of HP may contribute to reduce the burden of cytokines cutting the peaks in a nonspecific way, restoring at least in part immune-homeostasis. When hemoperfusion is combined with continuous renal replacement therapies (HP/CRRT), the effect can be further amplified and the additional task of organ support can be accomplished. TNF, tumor necrosis factor; IL, interleukin; HP, hemoperfusion; CRRT, continuous renal replacement therapy; ECMO, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
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