title: [Hyperamylasaemia in patients in shock (author's transl)].
abstract: In 69 patients, treated in the intensive care unit of the department of traumatology we have examined the blood amylase activity. We found, that traumatic shock produced an increase in serum-amylase. Hyperamylasaemia is strongly related to the duration of shock and is due to an increase in S-type amylase. The increase is probably caused by an increased production and not by decreased renal excretion. The mechanism of hyperamylasaemia and the source of it are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000681:Amylases / Q000097:blood*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D007517:Isoamylase / Q000097:blood; D008875:Middle Aged; D012769:Shock
chemical_list: D000681:Amylases; D007517:Isoamylase
vernacular_title: Hyperamylasämie bei schockierten Patienten.