Shilai Li, Quanlin Qin, Daqing Luo, Wenhui Pan, Yuqing Wei, Yansong Xu, Junxuan Wang, Xinping Ye, Jijin Zhu, Liming Shang
Pulmonary contusion (PC) is very common in blunt chest trauma, and always results in negative pulmonary outcomes, such as pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), respiratory failure or even death. However, there are no effective biomarkers which can be used to predict the outcomes in these patients. The present study aimed to determine the value of interleukin (IL)-17 and IL-22 in predicting the severity and outcomes of PC in trauma patients. All trauma patients admitted to The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University between January 2015 and December 2017, were studied...
January 2021: Biomedical Reports