A Sustained Reduction in Serum Cholinesterase Enzyme Activity Predicts Patient Outcome following Sepsis

• Autori principali: Aleksandar R. Zivkovic (Autore), Sebastian O. Decker (Autore), Anne C. Zirnstein (Autore), Annette Sigl (Autore), Karsten Schmidt (Autore), Markus A. Weigand (Autore), Stefan Hofer (Autore), Thorsten Brenner (Autore)
• Natura: Libro
• Pubblicazione: Hindawi Limited, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Soggetti: article
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Early sepsis identification is of paramount importance for an effective therapy and the patient outcome; however, a suitable prognostic biomarker is lacking. Anti-inflammatory nonneuronal cholinergic signaling modulates the magnitude of an immune response. Serum cholinesterase (BChE), an enzyme that...