Reduced Serum Butyrylcholinesterase Activity Indicates Severe Systemic Inflammation in Critically Ill Patients

• Main Authors: Aleksandar R. Zivkovic (Author), Karsten Schmidt (Author), Annette Sigl (Author), Sebastian O. Decker (Author), Thorsten Brenner (Author), Stefan Hofer (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Systemic inflammation is an immune response to a nonspecific insult of either infectious or noninfectious origin and remains a challenge in the intensive care units with high mortality rate. Cholinergic neurotransmission plays an important role in the regulation of the immune response during inflamm...