The serum activities of 3 cytokines (TNF,IL-1 and IL-6) were observed in 23 patients admitted within 4 days of onset of acute pancreatitis (AP). The results showed that the serum level of 3 cytokines raised in all of the AP patients, significant difference between TNF and IL-1 was abserved at admission and IL-6 did after one week of admission, suggesting that proper cytokine criteria are useful in predicting severity of the disease but the relationship between cytokines and MOF had not established.
Citation： Tian Bole,Zhang Zhaoda,Yan Lnan,et al.. CHANGES AND CLINIC SIGNIFICANCE OF CYTOKINES IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE PANCREATITIS. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 1998, 5(6): 350-351. doi: Copy