Tjitske van Engelen

32 Chapter 2 Conclusion Sepsis is defined as a life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection characterized by sustained hyperinflammation and immune suppression. While much progress has been made in understanding the pathogenesis of sepsis, translation of this knowledge into effective novel sepsis therapies has been unsuccessful. The aim of future sepsis research should be just that.

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