SIRS is an exaggerated body defense response to a noxious stressor (infection, trauma, surgery, acute inflammation, ischemia or reperfusion, or malignancy, to name a few) that aims to locate and then eliminate the endogenous or exogenous source of the insult.
I'm sorry, I've never heard this term before - what does SIRS stand for?
SIRS is an exaggerated body defense response to a noxious stressor (infection, trauma, surgery, acute inflammation, ischemia or reperfusion, or malignancy, to name a few) that aims to locate and then eliminate the endogenous or exogenous source of the insult.