Article
Functional analysis of monocyte activity through synthesis patterns of proinflammatory cytokines and neopterin in patients in surgical intensive care.
Surgery - 1 Sept 1992
Faist E, Storck M, Hültner L, Redl H, Ertel W, Walz A, Schildberg F W
Abstract excerpt
This study was designed to further differentiate monocyte behavior in critically ill patients with operative or accidental trauma. The patient population studied consisted of 39 patients (17 patients undergoing elective surgery [ES], seven patients with major multiple injuries [MI], and 15 patients in an acute septic state [S]). Immunologic parameters assessed included monocyte phenotyping with the monoclonal...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Biopterins
- Critical Care
- Humans
- Infections
- Interleukin-1
- Interleukin-6
- Interleukin-8
- Interleukins
- Middle Aged