Severe acute pancreatitis between systematic inflammatory response syndrome and sepsis: insights from a mathematical model of endotoxin tolerance - 21/08/11
Abstract |
In order to evaluate the degree of endotoxin tolerance, expressed by the reduced cytokine/releasing capacity of the whole blood, data from a group of patients with trauma, severe acute pancreatitis (SAP), and diffuse peritonitis were analyzed. In SAP endotoxin levels and the tumor necrosing factor (TNF-⍺)–releasing capacity of the whole blood under lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulation were of an intermediate degree between systemic inflammatory response syndrome and severe sepsis. A mathematical model of ordinary differential equations of LPS signaling based on endotoxin kinetics and endotoxin tolerance was constructed. The mathematical model was used to reproduce the TNF-⍺ production in trauma, SAP and peritonitis patients. The results of these numerical simulations are very similar to the determinations in real patients and argue that endotoxin tolerance may be a component of the immune dysregulation that complicates the clinical evolution of the patient with SAP.
El texto completo de este artículo está disponible en PDF.Keywords : Endotoxin tolerance, Mathematical model, Severe acute pancreatitis, Sepsis, Whole-blood stimulation, Immune depression
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Vol 194 - N° 4S
P. S33-S38 - octobre 2007 Regresar al númeroBienvenido a EM-consulte, la referencia de los profesionales de la salud.
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