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The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine ; : 72-77, 1999.
Article in English | WPRIM | ID: wpr-153274

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OBJECTIVES: The coagulation and fibrinolytic system appears to be activated by the septic process independently, leading to the syndrome of disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). In this study, we investigated the changes within the hemostatic system related to the severity of the illness and the prognosis in patients with sepsis. METHODS: Plasma thrombin-antithrombin III (TAT) and plasmin-alpha 2-antiplasmin (PAP) complexes were measured using ELISA methods in 32 patients with sepsis and 20 controls and were analyzed according to the APACHE III scores and survival of the patients. RESULTS: Plasma TAT and PAP in patients with sepsis were significantly higher than controls. Nonsurvivors showed greater levels of TAT (21.7 +/- 22.3 ng/mL) and lower levels of PAP (628.4 +/- 378.1 ng/mL) than survivors (TAT: 11.1 +/- 11.2 ng/mL; PAP: 857.1 +/- 364.1 ng/mL). The imbalance between coagulation and fibrinolysis described as TAT/PAP ratio was closely related with APACHE III scores in patients with sepsis (r = 0.47) and the TAT/PAP ratio in nonsurvivors was significantly higher compared with survivors (34.4 +/- 21.4 vs. 14.4 +/- 13.8). CONCLUSION: In sepsis, both coagulation and the fibrinolysis system are activated and the imbalance between coagulation and fibrinolysis predisposes to the hypercoagulation state and is closely related to the severity of the disease and the prognosis.


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Adult , Aged , Female , Humans , Male , Antifibrinolytic Agents/metabolism , Antithrombin III/metabolism , Blood Coagulation , Case-Control Studies , Fibrinolysis , Middle Aged , Fibrinolysin/metabolism , Prognosis , Sepsis/blood , Thrombin/metabolism
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Acta physiol. pharmacol. ther. latinoam ; 45(2): 115-22, 1995. ilus, graf
Article in English | LILACS | ID: lil-161100

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El objetivo de este estudio fue extraer y cuantificar el activador de plasminógeno AP en glándulas salivares de la rata. AP se extrajo por homogeneización de 1 vol de tejido com 1 vol de una solución de 2M KSCN. La solución con AP fue pipeteada por triplicado en placas de fibrina PF ricas y pobres en plasminógeno. La actividad fibrinolítica inducida por AP se observó como áreas circulares de licuefacción medidas en mm2, resultado del producto de dos diámetros perpendiculares de las zonas de lisis. El AP de la submaxilar produjo un término medio de actividad lítica de 198 mm2 + ou - 18ESM únicamente en PF ricas en plasminógeno. Extrapolando al área de lisis producida por 50 mg/ml de plasmina. No se observó lisis con AP extraído de la parótida y sublingual. La droga antifibrinolítica E-ACA, redujo significantemente, en una acción inhibitoria, dosis dependiente, la actividad fibrinolítica del AP de la submaxilar. El hecho de que AP indujo lisis únicamente en PF ricas en plasminógeno, la que fue significativamente reducida por E-ACA, indica claramente que la actividad lítica observada en el sustrato fibrina es debido a una fibrinolisis específica y no debido a una proteólisis no específica


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Animals , Rats , Antifibrinolytic Agents/pharmacology , Fibrinolysin/pharmacology , Submandibular Gland/enzymology , Tissue Plasminogen Activator/isolation & purification , Antifibrinolytic Agents/metabolism , Fibrinolysin/metabolism , Rats, Wistar
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