| Hepcidin in trauma: linking injury, inflammation, and anemia. | |
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PMID: 20938270 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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BACKGROUND: Anemia is almost universal in trauma patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU). Hepcidin is a liver-derived peptide that is a negative regulator of iron stores. Hepcidin synthesis is suppressed by erythropoiesis and iron deficiency and upregulated by iron overload and inflammation. Hepcidin has been shown to have an important role in the anemia of chronic inflammatory diseases but has not been previously studied in the setting of trauma. We sought to define the link between traumatic injury, hepcidin, and inflammation. METHODS: One hundred fifty trauma patients admitted to the ICU were prospectively enrolled in the study. Urine was collected at regular time points for hepcidin measurement. Serum for iron studies and measurement of those cytokines associated with acute inflammation was also collected. RESULTS: The study population comprised 73% men. Mean age was 46 years, with a median Injury Severity Score (ISS) of 27. The mean lactate level was 2.9 mmol/L, and mean hemoglobin was 12.4 g/dL. More than 50% of patients were anemic on ICU admission, and nearly all were anemic by postinjury day 10. Urinary hepcidin levels were among the highest reported to date and had a rightward skew. Iron studies confirmed functional iron deficiency. Log hepcidin values were positively correlated with ISS and negatively correlated with admission Pao₂/FiO₂. Every increase in ISS by 10 was associated with a 40% increase in hepcidin. Initial hepcidin levels were positively correlated with duration of anemia. CONCLUSIONS: Hepcidin levels rise to extremely high but variable levels after trauma and are positively correlated with injury severity measured by ISS and duration of anemia and negatively correlated with hypoxia. Hepcidin is likely a key factor in the impaired erythropoiesis seen in critically injured trauma patients. |
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Authors:
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Kristen C Sihler; Krishnan Raghavendran; Mark Westerman; Wen Ye; Lena M Napolitano |
Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
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Title: The Journal of trauma Volume: 69 ISSN: 1529-8809 ISO Abbreviation: J Trauma Publication Date: 2010 Oct |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-10-12 Completed Date: 2010-10-29 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0376373 Medline TA: J Trauma Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 831-7 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
Affiliation:
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Division of Acute Care Surgery (Trauma, Burn, Surgical Critical Care, Emergency Surgery), Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. ksihler@umich.edu |
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Adult Aged Anemia, Iron-Deficiency / metabolism Anoxia / metabolism Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides / metabolism* Cohort Studies Cytokines / metabolism Erythropoiesis / physiology Female Hemoglobinometry Homeostasis / physiology Hospital Mortality Humans Inflammation Mediators / metabolism* Injury Severity Score Intensive Care Units Male Middle Aged Multiple Trauma / metabolism* Prospective Studies Reference Values Risk Factors Survival Rate Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome / metabolism* Wounds, Nonpenetrating / metabolism* |
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0/Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides; 0/Cytokines; 0/Inflammation Mediators; 0/hepcidin |
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