title: [The level of erythropoietin in serum of patients with anemia during infective endocarditis].
abstract: The infective endocarditis is a septic syndrome caused by an infection in endocardium or in heart valves. The majority of patients with infective endocarditis develop normocytic anemia. The metabolic studies in septic shock syndromes documented an intensive proteolysis of muscles, visceral organs and blood proteins, and probably of erythropoietin as a glycoprotein as well. The aim of the study was to assess the erythropoietin level in patients with infective endocarditis severe anemia and preserved renal function. Erythropoietin concentration was measured in blood serum in 12 patients (11 men and 1 woman), mean age 48 +/- 8 years, with infective endocarditis. The patients had clinical symptoms of endocarditis, positive blood bacteriological cultures and echocardiography features. All patients had serious normocytic anemia with mean hemoglobin concentration 5.40 +/- 0.48 mmol/L. The control group consisted of 7 healthy persons (5 men and 2 women), mean age 50 +/- 7 years, with hemoglobin concentration 8.70 +/- 0.60 mmol/L. The concentration of erythropoietin at the patients with bacterial endocarditis was 144.04 +/- 17.80 mIU/mL versus 67.28 +/- 6.29 mIU/mL in the control group (p = 0.0002). We conclude that in patients with infective endocarditis and serious normocytic anemia without renal insufficiency the concentration of erythropoietin is increased.
authors.affiliation: Katedra i Zakład Fizjologii AM, Karola Marcinkowskiego w Poznaniu.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kraśnik
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ochotny
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hryniewiecki
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Paluszak
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cieśliński
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Paradowski
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000740:Anemia / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications*; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications*; D004921:Erythropoietin / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D004921:Erythropoietin