Inflammatory Biomarkers in Critical Patients
A special issue of Metabolites (ISSN 2218-1989).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2024) | Viewed by 8362
Special Issue Editor
Interests: critically ill patients; micronutrients; vitamins; minerals; nutritional assessment; requirements; biomarkers; antioxidants; oxidative stress; inflammation; infection; supplementation; metabolism
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Dear Colleagues,
Critically ill patients present with systemic inflammation caused by their hypercatabolic situation, mediated by acute oxidative stress and associated biomarker mobilisation. This results in compartmental redistribution and accelerated depletion of micronutrients and molecules that are indispensable for the balance of antioxidant systems and homeostasis, and thus, are necessary in a critical state. This leads to a worse outcome and prognosis throughout the intensive care unit (ICU) stay. Monitoring of associated biomarkers may be key in dealing with the inflammatory process suffered by the critically ill patient during their ICU stay, helping to optimise the therapeutic strategy and improve outcomes. This Special Issue will include research articles and reviews related to critical patients of any aetiology and the implications in the behaviour of biomarkers involved in inflammatory processes, which may be related to oxidative stress and antioxidant status, alterations in nutritional status, infectious processes, cell-mediated immune dysfunctions, etc.
Prof. Dr. Elena Planells
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- critical
- inflammation
- oxidative stress
- biomarkers
- SIRS
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