• Crit Care · Jan 2008

    Editorial Comment

    Sepsis therapy: what's the best for the mitochondria?

    • Florian Wagner, Peter Radermacher, Michael Georgieff, and Enrico Calzia.
    • Crit Care. 2008 Jan 1;12(4):171.

    AbstractIt is suspected that mitochondrial dysfunction is a major cause of organ failure in sepsis and septic shock. A study presented in this issue of Critical Care revealed that liver mitochondria from pigs treated with norepinephrine during endotoxaemia exhibit greater in vitro respiratory activity. The investigators provide an elegant demonstration of how therapeutic interventions in sepsis may profoundly influence mitochondrial respiration, but many aspects of mitochondrial function in sepsis remain to be clarified.

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