Pro-calcitonin and inflammation in chronic hemodialysis. / Pro-calcitonin and inflammation in chronic hemodialysis.
Medicina (B Aires)
; 73(5): 411-6, 2013.
Article
in Spanish
| BINACIS
| ID: bin-132912
ABSTRACT
UNLABELLED Procalcitonin (PCT) has emerged as a marker of infection, a frequent complication in hemodialysis (HD). We analyzed PCT levels in chronic non-acutely infected HD subjects, assessed its correlation with inflammatory and nutritional markers and propose a PCT reference value for non-infected HD patients. In an observational cross-sectional study, 48 chronic HD patients and 36 controls were analyzed. VARIABLES age, gender, time on HD; diabetes; vascular access, PCT, C-reactive protein (CRP), albumin, malnutrition inflammatory score (MIS), hematocrit, leukocyte count, and body mass index (BMI). Subsequently, control (G1, n = 36, 43
Search on Google
Collection:
National databases
/
Argentina
Database:
BINACIS
Main subject:
Protein Precursors
/
Vasculitis
/
Calcitonin
/
Renal Dialysis
Type of study:
Etiology study
/
Observational study
/
Prevalence study
/
Prognostic study
/
Risk factors
Limits:
Aged, 80 and over
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Medicina (B Aires)
Year:
2013
Document type:
Article