Press release ESA Dräger Prize in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine awarded for sepsis research
Lübeck – The 2013 ESA Dräger Prize in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine has been awarded to a work group headed by Dr. Jaimin M. Patel, School of Clinical & Experimental Medicine at the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom. The European Society of Anesthesiology (ESA) awarded the EUR 10,000 prize for the study entitled “Randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial of 40 mg/day of atorvastatin in reducing the severity of sepsis in ward patients (ASEPSIS Trial)”.1 The prize money was donated by Dräger, an international leader in the fields of medical and safety technology.
Professor Andreas Hoeft, Research Committee Chairman at the ESA,
presented the prize during the opening ceremony of Euroanesthesia 2013
together with Michael Wilkening, Vice President and Head of Customer Area
OR, Hospital Segment at Dräger. “We chose to recognize this experimental
study because it reveals interesting new possibilities for treating sepsis ,” said
Statins are drugs routinely used to prevent heart attacks and strokes. The
researchers at the University of Birmingham pursued a new approach and
investigated whether statins could also be effective in treating sepsis and
prevent the development of a serious form of the disease associated with the
failure of at least one organ. Sepsis patients who had not been pre-treated
with statins were administered 40 mg of atorvastatin per day. The result: In
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these patients, the statin was able to lessen the impact of sepsis when
compared to the placebo group and prevent organ failure.
“The findings could be a starting point for additional studies on sepsis
treatment,” commented Wilkening on the award-winning research project. “We
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Patel JM, Snaith C, Thickett DR, Linhartova L, Melody T, Hawkey P, Barnett AH, Jones A, Hong 23558 Lübeck, Germany
T, Cooke MW, Perkins GD and Gao F. Critical Care 2012 16:R231. Published online 12/11/2012: www.draeger.com
2 Sepsis, commonly referred to as “blood poisoning,” is a life-threatening reaction by the body to a local infection.
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are delighted to give the ESA Dräger Prize to a scientific publication that is of
high clinical relevance to critical care.”
ESA Dräger Prize in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine
The ESA Dräger Prize in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine is awarded
annually to a research team in the fields of anesthesia or intensive care
medicine in order to foster team spirit and cooperation between clinical care
and industry in scientific research. In 2013, the ESA awarded the prize for the
seventh time as part of the Euroanaesthesia congress.
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