title: [Acute respiratory and circulatory failure. Prognostic value of plasma fibronectin levels].
abstract: Plasma fibronectin (FNp) concentrations were measured in 63 patients with acute respiratory failure and 28 patients with circulatory failure, using Laurell's electroimmunoassay method. Measurements were made in the acute phase and repeated in the course of the disease. The mean FNp concentration in 20 controls was 262 +/- 59 mg/l. FNp values were normal in the acute phase of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and in cardiogenic pulmonary oedema. In contrast, they were significantly decreased in adult respiratory distress syndrome and in acute pneumonia, as well as in acute circulatory failure, notably from septic shock. FNp values were also considerably reduced in patients with severe disseminated intravascular coagulation syndrome. Clinical improvement was accompanied by a return to normal of FNp concentrations. The mortality rate was greater in patients with low FNp values than in those with normal values.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001779:Blood Coagulation Factors / Q000032:analysis; D004211:Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / Q000097:blood; D005353:Fibronectins / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D005779:Immunodiffusion; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000097:blood; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000097:blood*; D012769:Shock / Q000097:blood*; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D001779:Blood Coagulation Factors; D005353:Fibronectins
vernacular_title: Insuffisances respiratoires et circulatoires aiguës. Valeur pronostique du taux de fibronectine plasmatique.