there no treatment for severe sepsis?

Sepsis is a systemic inflammatory response syndrome in the presence of suspected or proven infection, and it may progress to or encompass organ failure [severe sepsis] and hypotension [septic shock]. Clinicians possess an arsenal of supportive measures to combat severe sepsis and septic shock, and some success, albeit controversial, has been achieved by using low doses of corticosteroids or recombinant human activated protein C. However, a truly effective mediator-directed specific treatment has not been developed yet. Treatment with low doses of corticosteroids or with recombinant human activated protein C remains controversial and its success very limited. Attempts to treat shock by blocking IPS, TNF or IL-1 were unsuccessful, as were attempts to use interferon-gamma or granulocyte colony stimulating factor. Inhibiting nitric oxide synthases held promise but met with considerable difficulties. Scavenging excess nitric oxide or targeting molecules downstream of inducible nitric oxide synthase, such as soluble guanylate cyclase or potassium channels, might offer other alternatives

Applicability of WHO criteria for anemia to Libyan school children

Hemoglobin concentration was determined in 2002 Libyan school children aged 6-19 yrs from three locales in Tripoli. Regression analysis was performed on the cut-off points derived from the mean values-SD of single year age groups. The cut-off points obtained were, for girls 6-19 yrs. 12 g/dl., for boys 6-15 yrs. 12 g/dl., 16-19 yrs. 13 g/dl. These were similar to W.H.O. criteria except for 15 yr old boys. [cut-off point for Libyan boys was 12 g/dl while it was 13 g/dl according to W.H.O. criteria