Administration of the prostacyclin analogue epoprostenol significantly decreased C-reactive protein (CRP) and, to some extent, IL-6 levels in patients with severe traumatic brain injury TBI compared to placebo and indicate an interesting option for treatment of TBI and warrants future larger studies 1)


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Wahlström MR, Olivecrona M, Ahlm C, Bengtsson A, Koskinen LO, Naredi S, Hultin M. Effects of prostacyclin on the early inflammatory response in patients with traumatic brain injury-a randomised clinical study. Springerplus. 2014 Feb 18;3:98. doi: 10.1186/2193-1801-3-98. eCollection 2014. PubMed PMID: 24600548.
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