Measures of total free radical activity in critically ill patients
Clinical BiochemistryPublished 1 June 1999
Kathryn L. MacKinnon, Zsolt Molnár, D. Lowe, Ian D. Watson, Euan Shearer
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Measurement of serum TAS appears to be a reflection of UA concentration and results should be interpreted with caution particularly in patients who have renal dysfunction, as those patients with worse renal function had higher TAS and UA levels.
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The increased TAS and UA levels observed may simply be a response to the degree of renal dysfunction observed as those patients with worse renal function had higher TAS and UA levels. In conclusion, measurement of serum TAS appears to be a reflection of UA concentration and results should be interpreted with caution particularly in patients who have renal dysfunction.
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