Letter
Benefit of low-dose aspirin and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in septic patients
1 Clinic for Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Jena, Erlanger Allee 101, D-07747 Jena, Germany
2 Center for Sepsis Control and Care, University Hospital Jena, Erlanger Allee 101, D-07747 Jena, Germany
3 Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University Hospital Jena, Erlanger Allee 101, D-07747 Jena, Germany
Critical Care 2012, 17:402 doi:10.1186/cc11886
Published: 8 January 2013Abstract
Analyzing medical records of 979 patients with severe sepsis or septic shock provided some evidence that the use of low-dose aspirin or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) was associated with decreased hospital mortality. However, the benefit was abolished when aspirin and NSAIDs were given together.
