Diagnosis of septic complications
AssigneeBiomedica Medizinprodukte GmbH & Co KG
InventorsSoheyl Bahrami, Wolfgang Woloszczuk, Gerhard Hawa
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Abstract
The invention describes a method for diagnosing of septic complications in polytraumatised human or animal patients, said patients being free of traumatic brain injury, by determining the level of the C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP), its precursors or fragments thereof, especially the precursor of the C-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proCNP), in this patient and diagnosing the patient a having septic complications or being at risk of developing septic complications, if the level of CNP, its precursors or fragments thereof, especially NT-proCNP, is increased compared to normal levels.
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A method for diagnosing septic complications in a polytraumatised human or animal patient, said patient being free of traumatic brain injury, by determining the level of the C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP), or its precursors or the N-terminal fragment of the precursor of the C-type natriuretic peptide (NTproCNP), in a sample of this patient and diagnosing the patient as having septic complications or being at risk of developing septic complications, if the level of CNP, its precursors or the N-terminal fragment, is increased compared to normal levels.
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