Ethyl pyruvate ameliorates hepatic injury following blunt chest trauma and hemorrhagic shock by reducing local inflammation, NF-kappaB activation and HMGB1 release.

In line with the improved compensatory mechanisms by applying resuscitation fluid supplemented with ethyl pyruvate after trauma/hemorrhage, mortality has shown a clear trend to a better survival by using this protocol, although the difference was not statistically significant.

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