title: Urine human epidermal growth factor (hEGF) levels following surgery.
abstract: In order to investigate the contribution of growth factors in conditions of postoperative stress, we measured the blood and urine hEGF levels in patients with various surgical disorders. While the levels of serum and plasma hEGF did not change significantly after surgery, urine hEGF (u-hEGF) stayed at the base-level followed by a single peak within a postoperative period of two weeks. The peak day of u-hEGF in patients with more than 1000 ml of intraoperative bleeding was later than that in patients with bleeding of less than 1000 ml. In patients with postoperative renal failure or dysfunction, u-hEGF levels dropped and did not rise until the recovery of renal function. The changing pattern of u-hEGF levels was an indicator of operative bleeding volume and renal function.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, Ehime University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miyake
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sagawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kimura
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor / Q000097:blood / Q000652:urine*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000652:urine; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor