Elderly trauma patients have high circulating noradrenaline levels but attenuated release of adrenaline, platelets, and leukocytes in response to increasing injury severity
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: High patient age is a strong predictor of poor outcome in trauma patients. The present study investigated the effect of age on mortality and biomarkers of sympathoadrenal activation, tissue, endothelial, and glycocalyx damage, coagulation activation/inhibition, fibrinolysis, and inflammation in trauma patients at admission.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Critical Care Medicine |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| Pages (from-to) | 1844-50 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| ISSN | 0090-3493 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2012 |
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