title: [Micronutrients in severe septic aggression. Their usefulness as prognostic markers].
abstract: The object of this is to evaluate the influence of several micronutrients on the survival rate of septic patients following abdominal surgery. A retrospective assessment was done of sixty-one patients suffering from neoplastic or non-neoplastic pathology associated to septicemia. On admission the following parameters were determined: number of total lymphocytes, serum albumin, transferrin, zinc, copper, magnesium, iron, calcium, phosphorus, and copper/zinc levels. The differences obtained between surviving and non-surviving patients were analyzed. The most relevant findings revealed statistically significant lower serum albumin, zinc and transferrin values in the latter group. We conclude by stating that such parameters may be of prognostic value in this type of patients, and that supplemental micronutrients must be administered in order to improve prognosis.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Medicina Intensiva, Hospital La Paz, Madrid.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: García de Lorenzo y Mateos
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gómez Tello
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Añón Elizalde
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: López Díaz
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yus Teruel
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jiménez Lendínez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000401:mortality*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000097:blood / Q000382:microbiology / Q000401:mortality*; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate; D014131:Trace Elements / Q000097:blood / Q000172:deficiency*
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D014131:Trace Elements
vernacular_title: Micronutrientes en la agresión séptica severa. Utilidad como marcadores pronósticos.