[Acute phase reaction in severe injuries]

This study observes acute phase response in first time after injury.

Injured patients are already in first timepiece up severe injury in worse general state developed acute phase response than control group before planed surgery. Levels of indicators acute phase response and haemostasis from venous blood samples collected in an injury day and at patients control group before planned surgery were compared. We compare findings of traumatized in admission day and of patients at 6th-7th day after planned surgery, when is the biggest handicap. Plasma levels of orosomukoid, C reactive protein, prealbumin, transferin, alpha-2-macroglobulin, PAI-1, tPA, sE-Selectin, SICAM, sP-Selectin, antithrombin III, fibrinogen, haemoglobin, time of Quick test, TT, APTT, number of leukocytes, erythrocytes and thrombocytes were determined.

Tested group severe injured admitted in I. Surgical Department of First Medical School of Charles University and General Faculty Hospital in Prague in years 1995-1998 (n = 105) be characterized by average value ISS--19.182 +/- 3.315, PTS--28.284 +/- 2.362, AIS--6.739 +/- 0.829 and GCS--11.449 +/- 0.974 and average age 56.89 +/- 4.84 year. Average time hospitalization was 70 days. Between 7th-21st day of hospitalization 23 patients dead on multiorgan failure or sepsis. Control patient file before planned surgery (n = 50) and after planned surgery (n = 33) was comparable in age characteristics.

Adaptation reserve of injured is already in first time-piece since injury significantly lower to patients without trauma. Starting position traumatized patients before acute surgery is comparable with state of patients at 6th-7th day after planned surgery, when culminates postoperative acute phase response.