title: S100 beta protein: the preoperative new clinical indicator of brain damage in patients with fulminant hepatic failure.
abstract: The aim of this study was to clarify the role of serum S100 beta on the accurate assessment of reversibility of brain damage after fulminant hepatic failure (FHF). Among the 13 patients with FHF enrolled in this study, 12 underwent living donor liver transplantation; one patient could not the procedure because of volvulus of the sigmoid colon. Serum S100 beta was serially measured using a chemiluminescent immunoassay. Preoperative serum S100 beta in patients with diffuse brain edema was significantly higher than that in patients with localized brain edema (P < 0.05). Patients with preoperative brain death showed serum S100 beta levels over 7.0 microg/L. Serum S100 beta levels correlated with the degree of brain edema of FHF. It has the potential to be a new clinical, noninvasive indicator of brain damage due to FHF.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery and Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan. satokos@surge2.med.kyushu-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shiotani
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shimada
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Soejima
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshizumi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Uemoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kiuchi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Maehara
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001284:Atrophy; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D001926:Brain Death; D001929:Brain Edema / Q000473:pathology; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D017114:Liver Failure, Acute / Q000097:blood / Q000473:pathology*; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009418:S100 Proteins / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D009418:S100 Proteins; C110294:S100A1 protein