Postmortem cytokine levels and severity of traumatic injuries

Autor: Masato Funayama, Sohtaro Mimasaka, Shigeyuki Tsunenari, Yuki Ohtsu
Rok vydání: 2006
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Zdroj: International Journal of Legal Medicine. 120:265-270
ISSN: 1437-1596
0937-9827
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-006-0081-2
Popis: The relationship between postmortem serum cytokine levels and severity of traumatic injuries was studied. The postmortem serum levels of interleukin-6 (IL-6) and interleukin-8 (IL-8) of 131 victims who died from traumatic injury were measured by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay method and compared with scores of total abbreviated injury scale (total AIS) and injury severity score (ISS) calculated from detailed autopsy reports. A significant positive correlation was observed between IL-6 and total AIS (rs=0.4508, p
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