“Autologous White Blood Cell Infusion for Trauma, Brain Trauma, Stroke and select Immune Dysfunction Co-morbidities : A Promising and Timely Proposal ?”

All traumas suppress the immune system, resulting in higher morbidity and mortality. Infections, poor nutritional status, chronic illness, fatigue, therapies or procedures performed during and after transport also negatively affect the immune system. Large populations are impacted by trauma worldwide and suffer enormous costs in both direct and indirect expenditures from physical, psychological and functional losses. Most therapies and studies of trauma, brain trauma, stroke, immune suppression and their co-morbidities do not address nor discuss methods that promote immune system resuscitation or efficacy to support its role in post-trauma healing and rehabilitation.

Source: Medical Hypotheses - May 26, 2018 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Gerald Dieter Griffin, Dominique Charron, Reem Al-Daccak Source Type: research