Open AccessAntithrombin Levels, Morbidity, and Mortality in a Surgical Intensive Care Unit
Author(s) -
Yasser Sakr,
Konrad Reinhart,
Stefan Hagel,
Michael Kientopf,
Frank M. Brunkhorst
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
anesthesia and analgesia/anesthesia and analgesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.404
H-Index - 201
eISSN - 1526-7598
pISSN - 0003-2999
DOI - 10.1213/01.ane.0000275194.86608.ac
Subject(s) - medicine , antithrombin , intensive care unit , intensive care medicine , medline , heparin , political science , law
Antithrombin (AT) levels have been suggested as being predictive of outcome in intensive care unit (ICU) patients with septic shock. We investigated the time course of AT levels in a surgical ICU and tested the hypothesis that AT levels may be associated with morbidity and increased mortality rates in a cohort of surgical ICU patients.