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In immunology, systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) is an inflammatory state affecting the whole body. [1] It is the body's response to an infectious or noninfectious insult . Although the definition of SIRS refers to it as an "inflammatory" response, it actually has pro- and anti-inflammatory components.
In immunology, cytokine release syndrome (CRS) is a form of systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) that can be triggered by a variety of factors such as infections and certain drugs. [3] It refers to cytokine storm syndromes (CSS) [ 4 ] and occurs when large numbers of white blood cells are activated and release inflammatory cytokines ...
The bit about hyperglycemia being a cause of SIRS seems to have been added by JFDWolff. I must say I have not seen this. Certainly, SIRS can result in profound hyperglycemia; TNFalpha, IL-1beta and IL-6 mediate insulin resistance, with secondary induction of cortisol also playing a role. →Encephalon | ζ | ∑ 08:58:21, 2005-08-07 (UTC)
SIRS may refer to: Systemic inflammatory response syndrome; Scout International Relief Service; See also. Sirs, a surname (including a list of people with the ...
Sir James Cantlie KBE FRCS KStJ (17 January 1851 – 28 May 1926) was a British physician. He was a pioneer of first aid , which in 1875 was unknown: even the police had no knowledge of basic techniques such as how to stop serious bleeding and applying splints.
The simplest SIR-social stress (SIR SS) model is organised as follows. The susceptible individuals (S) can be split in three subgroups by the types of behavior: ignorant or unaware of the epidemic (S ign ), rationally resistant (S res ), and exhausted (S exh ) that do not react on the external stimuli (this is a sort of refractory period).
The RAIDRS prototype, designated the "Satellite Interference Response System" (SIRS), was initially deployed to United States Central Command (USCENTCOM)'s area of responsibility for a 120-day proof of concept. When the proof of concept proved to be a success, SIRS was redesignated RAIDRS Deployable Ground Segment-0 and has been continually ...
He disavows both the knowledge and the power that is not dedicated to goodness or love, and as such, that all the power achieved by man through science must be subject to " that use for which God hath granted it; which is the benefit and relief of the state and society of man; for otherwise, all manner of knowledge becometh malign and ...