Correlation between plasma endothelin-1 levels and severity of septic liver failure quantified by maximal liver function capacity (LiMAx test). A prospective study.

To investigate the relationship between the degree of liver dysfunction, quantified by maximal liver function capacity (LiMAx test) and endothelin-1, TNF-α and IL-6 in septic surgical patients.28 septic patients (8 female, 20 male, age range 35-80y) were prospectively investigated on a surgical inte...

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Main Authors: Magnus F Kaffarnik, Navid Ahmadi, Johan F Lock, Tilo Wuensch, Johann Pratschke, Martin Stockmann, Maciej Malinowski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5441649?pdf=render