ORGAN FAILURE, INFECTION, AND THE SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME ARE ASSOCIATED WITH ELEVATED LEVELS OF URINARY INTESTINAL FATTY-ACID-BINDING PROTEIN - STUDY OF 100 CONSECUTIVE PATIENTS IN A SURGICAL INTENSIVE-CARE UNIT
Jm. Lieberman et al., ORGAN FAILURE, INFECTION, AND THE SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME ARE ASSOCIATED WITH ELEVATED LEVELS OF URINARY INTESTINAL FATTY-ACID-BINDING PROTEIN - STUDY OF 100 CONSECUTIVE PATIENTS IN A SURGICAL INTENSIVE-CARE UNIT, The journal of trauma, injury, infection, and critical care, 45(5), 1998, pp. 900-905
Background: Intestinal mucosal ischemia and subsequent barrier dysfunc
tion have been related to the development of organ dysfunction and dea
th in the critically ill. We hypothesized that urine concentrations of
intestinal fatty acid binding protein (IFABP), a sensitive marker of
intestinal ischemia, might predict the development of the systemic inf
lammatory response syndrome (SIRS) and organ dysfunction, Methods: One
hundred consecutive critically ill patients were prospectively studie
d for the development of infectious complications, organ dysfunction,
and SIRS, Urine was collected daily for measurement of IFABP, Results:
A total of 58 males and 42 females (mean age, 56 gears; range, 16-85
years) were studied. Of these 100 patients, 40 patients developed comp
lications and 5 patients developed SIRS, IFABP was significantly eleva
ted in all patients with SIRS, and IFABP levels peaked an average of 1
.4 days (range, 0-7 days) before the diagnosis of SIRS. Conclusion: El
evated concentrations of urine IFABP correlated with the clinical deve
lopment of SIRS, Studies to assess the utility of IFABP as a predictor
of organ dysfunction and SIRS in the critically ill are warranted.