[Ortho] Immune Monitoring

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Dear Members,

Can I ask who is using currently any immune monitoring in polytrauma 
patients to:

1. better define timing secondary surgery
2. differentiate between inflammation and infection
3. prediction or earlier diagnosis of complications (ARDS, MOF, 
infection etc).
4. any other clinical reasons (not research)

What mediators/cytokines do you monitor, which potentially influencing 
your decision making?

Thanks,

Zsolt

Zsolt Balogh, MD, PhD, FRACS
Director of Trauma
John Hunter Hospital and University of Newcastle
Newcastle, NSW
AUSTRALIA