Plasma procalcitonin (PCT) is a highly specific marker for the diagnosis of bacterial infections and sepsis. PCT levels are usually low in viral infections, chronic inflammation or postsurgical states. The purpose of this study was to characterize PCT plasma levels in patients with various types of ileus at preoperative stage, where the other inducing factors such as a surgical stress are excluded. The prospective study was performed on 54 patients admitted to in-patient surgical department with a proven diagnosis of ileus. Patients were divided to three groups--obstructive, vascular and paralytic ileus. Plasma levels of PCT (Kryptor analysis), TNFalpha, IL-1beta, IL-6, cortisol (ELISA) and CRP (Kryptor ultrasensitive analysis) were estimated before any invasive procedure was realized. We demonstrated significant elevation of PCT in both obstructive ileus in adhesions and vascular ileus compared with healthy subjects (p 0.01). PCT levels were not elevated in paralytic ileus. The regression coefficient was the highest for PCT and CRP (r=0.78, p 0.01), for TNFalpha and IL-8 (r=0.76, p 0.01) in vascular ileus. There was no significant correlation between PCT and other inflammatory parameters. The different types of ileus induce an elevation of plasma PCT levels and PCT shows itself as an acute phase reactant. The highest PCT concentrations were presented in patients with vascular ileus, whereas paralytic ileus revealed similar cytokine and PCT pattern as in healthy subjects. Plasma PCT estimation extended to a measurement of CRP and IL-6 may become a useful complementary examination for diagnostics of acute abdomen in patients.

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• biologické markery krev   MeSH
• C-reaktivní protein metabolismus   MeSH
• dospělí MeSH
• ELISA MeSH
• financování organizované MeSH
• hydrokortison krev   MeSH
• ileus komplikace   krev   MeSH
• interleukin-1beta krev   MeSH
• interleukin-6 krev   MeSH
• kalcitonin MeSH
• lidé středního věku MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• mediátory zánětu krev   MeSH
• prospektivní studie MeSH
• proteinové prekurzory krev   MeSH
• senioři MeSH
• střevní obstrukce etiologie   krev   MeSH
• střevní pseudoobstrukce krev   MeSH
• TNF-alfa krev   MeSH
• Check Tag
• dospělí MeSH
• lidé středního věku MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• mužské pohlaví MeSH
• senioři MeSH
• ženské pohlaví MeSH