Circulating precursor levels of endothelin-1 and adrenomedullin, two endothelium-derived, counteracting substances, in sepsis

Endothelium: Journal of Endothelial Cell Research

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 345-351

  Schuetz, Philipp ^a   Christ Crain, Mirjam ^a   Morgenthaler, Nils G ^b   Struck, Joachim ^b   Bergmann, Andreas ^b   Müller, Beat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b BRAHMS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adrenomedullin; Endothelin 1; ICU; Ratio; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ADRENOMEDULLIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; ENDOTHELIN 1; PROCALCITONIN;

ADULT; AGED; APACHE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

ADRENOMEDULLIN; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APACHE; ENDOTHELIN-1; ENDOTHELIUM; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 37549028378     PISSN: 10623329     EISSN: 10292373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10623320701678326     Document Type: Article

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