Implication of cytokines in the aggravation of malnutrition and hypercatabolism in elderly patients with severe pressure sores.
Age Ageing
; 24(1): 37-42, 1995 Jan.
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ABSTRACT
The objectives of this work were to study the production of the cytokines Interleukin 1 (IL-1), Interleukin 6 (IL-6), and tumour necrosis factor (TNF) in elderly patients with severe pressure sores and to assess their potential contribution to the aggravation of malnutrition. Nineteen bedridden patients with stage III or IV pressure sores, 12 bedridden patients free from pressure sores, but at risk of them, and 12 control patients without risk of pressure sores were studied. Nutritional status was evaluated using anthropometry, serum albumin, prealbumin, retinol-binding protein analyses, and delayed hypersensitivity skin tests. Acute-phase proteins (APP), cortisol, and cytokines blood levels together with cytokine production were measured. Nutritional status was poor in patients with sores and their APP, and IL-6 blood levels were significantly increased; IL-1 and TNF serum concentrations were not elevated in these patients. A significant difference in cortisol levels was observed between patients with stage III and IV sores. A local cytokine origin (especially IL-6, and also IL-1) was demonstrated. Thus cytokines, mainly IL-6, produced by tissue cells in damaged areas together with cortisol may aggravate malnutrition and hypercatabolism in patients with sores.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Citocinas
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Desnutrição Proteico-Calórica
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Úlcera por Pressão
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Age Ageing
Ano de publicação:
1995
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
França