Serum Cholinesterase Activity in Burned Patients I: Biochemical Findings
| Autor: | Ellen Kathrine Hansen, Jørgen Viby-Mogensen, H. K. Hanel, J. Graae, Bent Sorensen |
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| Rok vydání: | 1975 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Burn injury Time Factors Adolescent medicine.medical_treatment Serum albumin Physiology Poison control Infections Serum bilirubin medicine Cholinesterases Humans Aspartate Aminotransferases Child Serum Albumin Aged L-Lactate Dehydrogenase Serum cholinesterase biology business.industry Alanine Transaminase Bilirubin General Medicine Middle Aged Surgery Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine Liver Initial phase Etiology biology.protein Skin grafting Female Burns business |
| Zdroj: | Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica. 19:159-168 |
| ISSN: | 1399-6576 0001-5172 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1975.tb05236.x |
| Popis: | The purpose of the study was to determine the magnitude and the aetiology of alterations in serum cholinesterase activity (pseudocholinesterase) in burned patients. Sixty burned patients with an estimated area of burn between 3 and 72% of body surface were investigated. Serum cholinesterase activity, serum albumin concentration and serum bilirubin were measured at various time intervals. The magnitude as well as the rate of fall of serum cholinesterase activity was found to be closely correlated with the severity of burn injury. Minimum levels were often reached 5 to 6 days after the burn injury, at which time the activity might have been depressed by more than 80 per cent. In the most severely burned patients, the activity sometimes remained low for months despite wound healing. Apart from the severity of the burn injury in the individual patient, several important factors determined the level of serum cholinesterase activity at a given time. These included the presence or absence of local or systemic infections, the event of recent surgery such as slough removal or skin grafting, and blood transfusions. The decrease in serum albumin concentration following the burn injury occurred earlier than the decrease in serum cholinesterase activity. Minimum levels were often reached during the first 24 h, after which time the concentration rose to reach fairly constant but decreased levels after 4 to 5 days. Apart from this initial phase, the changes in serum albumin concentration were roughly proportional to the changes in serum cholinesterase activity. The possible reasons for these findings are discussed. |
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