L-Arginine and Asymmetric Dimethylarginine Are Early Predictors for Survival in Septic Patients with Acute Liver Failure

• Main Authors: Thorsten Brenner (Author), Thomas H. Fleming (Author), Claudia Rosenhagen (Author), Ute Krauser (Author), Markus Mieth (Author), Thomas Bruckner (Author), Eike Martin (Author), Peter P. Nawroth (Author), Markus A. Weigand (Author), Angelika Bierhaus (Author), Stefan Hofer (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Dysfunctions of the L-arginine (L-arg)/nitric-oxide (NO) pathway are suspected to be important for the pathogenesis of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) in septic shock. Therefore plasma concentrations of L-arg and asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) were measured in 60 patients with septic...