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

• मुख्य लेखकों: Aleksandar R. Zivkovic (लेखक), Karsten Schmidt (लेखक), Annette Sigl (लेखक), Sebastian O. Decker (लेखक), Thorsten Brenner (लेखक), Stefan Hofer (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: Hindawi Limited, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: 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...