Reduced Serum Butyrylcholinesterase Activity Indicates Severe Systemic Inflammation in Critically Ill Patients

Figure 4

BChE activity mirrors the inflammatory biomarker dynamic change during the course of disease. Diagrams illustrate the course of the systemic inflammation in sixty-five-year-old patient with an abdominal nonhepatic septic focus over the time course of six days. Elevation in the BChE activity matches the drop of the CRP (a) and procalcitonin (PCT (c)) concentration and the fall in the white blood cell count (WBCC (c)). Note that hepatic function tests ASAT, ALAT, GGT, and AP in panel (b) and bilirubin and INR in (d) remained unaltered during the observed time period.

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