Critical illness has been documented since the beginning of recorded history, an inherent component of the human experience. However, critical care is a recent development made possible by the technical and scientific advances of the 20th century. If the whole…
Objectives This chapter will: 1. Outline the activation of the innate and adaptive immune system in response to invading pathogens. 2. Define characteristics of the adaptive immune response and its interplay with the innate immune response in septic, ischemic, and…
Critical illness has been documented since the beginning of recorded history, an inherent component of the human experience. However, critical care is a recent development made possible by the technical and scientific advances of the 20th century. If the whole…