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ArticleNutrition journal2013

Extracellular micronutrient levels and pro-/antioxidant status in trauma patients with wound healing disorders: results of a cross-sectional study.

Sandra C Blass, Hans Goost, Christof Burger, René H Tolba, Birgit Stoffel-Wagner, Peter Stehle, Sabine Ellinger

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Article in Nutrition journal, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Sandra C Blass
Hans Goost
Christof Burger
René H Tolba
Birgit Stoffel-Wagner
Peter Stehle
Sabine EllingerDepartment of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Nutritional Physiology, University of Bonn, Endenicher Allee 11-13, 53115 Bonn, Germany. ellinger@uni-bonn.de.
University Hospital Bonn · DEUniversity of Bonn · DEUniversitätsklinikum Aachen · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDisorders in wound healing (DWH) are common in trauma patients, the reasons being not completely understood. Inadequate nutritional status may favor DWH, partly by means of oxidative stress. Reliable data, however, are lacking. This study should investigate the status of extracellular micronutrients in patients with DWH within routine setting.

methodsWithin a cross-sectional study, the plasma/serum status of several micronutrients (retinol, ascorbic acid, 25-hydroxycholecalciferol, α-tocopherol, β-carotene, selenium, and zinc) were determined in 44 trauma patients with DWH in addition to selected proteins (albumin, prealbumin, and C-reactive protein; CRP) and markers of pro-/antioxidant balance (antioxidant capacity, peroxides, and malondialdehyde). Values were compared to reference values to calculate the prevalence for biochemical deficiency. Correlations between CRP, albumin and prealbumin, and selected micronutrients were analyzed by Pearson's test. Statistical significance was set at P < 0.05.

resultsMean concentrations of ascorbic acid (23.1 ± 15.9 μmol/L), 25-hydroxycholecalciferol (46.2±30.6 nmol/L), β-carotene (0.6 ± 0.4 μmol/L), selenium (0.79±0.19 μmol/L), and prealbumin (24.8 ± 8.2 mg/dL) were relatively low. Most patients showed levels of ascorbic acid (<28 μmol/L; 64%), 25-hydroxycholecalciferol (<50 μmol/L; 59%), selenium (≤ 94 μmol/L; 71%) and β-carotene (<0.9 μmol/L; 86%) below the reference range. Albumin and prealbumin were in the lower normal range and CRP was mostly above the reference range. Plasma antioxidant capacity was decreased, whereas peroxides and malondialdehyde were increased compared to normal values. Inverse correlations were found between CRP and albumin (P < 0.05) and between CRP and prealbumin (P < 0.01). Retinol (P < 0.001), ascorbic acid (P < 0.01), zinc (P < 0.001), and selenium (P < 0.001) were negatively correlated with CRP.

conclusionsTrauma patients with DWH frequently suffer from protein malnutrition and reduced plasma concentrations of several micronutrients probably due to inflammation, increased requirement, and oxidative burden. Thus, adequate nutritional measures are strongly recommended to trauma patients.

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Wound HealingAdultAgedAged, 80 and overalpha-TocopherolAnthropometryAntioxidantsAscorbic Acidbeta CaroteneBiomarkersCalcifediolC-Reactive ProteinCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMalealpha-TocopherolAntioxidantsAscorbic Acidbeta CaroteneBiomarkersCalcifediolC-Reactive ProteinMalondialdehydeMicronutrientsSeleniumVitamin AZinc

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PMCPMC4028853
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