Blood Levels of Acute Phase Reactants withTraffic Accidents(Original Article)
Authors:
MD. Cuma Yildirim *; MD. Assistant Professor Zeynep Kekec **; MD. Assistant Professor Erdogän M. Sozuer **; MD. Professor Ibrahim Ikizceli **; MD. Assistant Professorlevent Avsarogullari **; Assistant Professor
Authors‘ workplace:
Gaziantep University Medical School, Emergency Department Gaziantep/Turkey Erciyes University Medical School, Emergency Department Kayseri/Turkey
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Published in:
Soud Lék., , 2004, No. 2, p. 25-29
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Overview
Emergency departments are generally the first treatment places for the trauma victims. Evaluatingthe traumatised patients by objective criteria are of great importance in diagnosis, treatmentand prognosis.This prospective study was conducted at the Medical School of Erciyes University. Blood levels ofCeruloplasmin, Haptoglobulin and Transferrin, which are known as acute phase reactants, wereobtained.60 trauma patients were included in this study. 19 (31.6 %) females and 41 (68.4 %) males. 15patients were operated. 4 (26 %) patients died during the postoperative follow-up period. Whencompared with ceruloplasmin values obtained on all of the groups this they were statisticallysignificant except that two day-control group. All of the haptoglobulin groups were statisticallysignificant. When compared with transferin values obtained on first-two day, first-seven day andtwo-seven day, they were statistically significant (P
Key words:
Ceruloplasmin - Haptoglobulin - Transferrin - Traffic accidents
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Anatomical pathology Forensic medical examiner ToxicologyArticle was published in
Forensic Medicine
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