@article{ref1,
title="Correlation between serum IL-6 levels and death: usefulness in diagnosis of "traumatic shock"?",
journal="Tohoku journal of experimental medicine",
year="2001",
author="Mimasaka, S. and Hashiyada, M. and Nata, M. and Funayama, M.",
volume="193",
number="4",
pages="319-324",
abstract="Interleukin-6 (IL-6) has been considered as an important mediator of inflammation. Clinically it is a well-known marker of the severity of injury following major trauma. In this study, the levels of IL-6 in body serum were applied to a traumatic death index. Of ninety victims 55 were men and 35 women, with a mean age of 53.4+/- 19 (S.D.) years. The cases were classified as traumatic deaths (38 cases), non-traumatic deaths other than natural causes of deaths (36 cases), and deaths due to natural causes (16 cases). All samples were collected within 2 days after death. The mean values of IL-6 levels of the traumatic, non-traumatic and disease groups were 8608.97, 2205.65, and 3266.64 pg/ml, respectively. Some cases in non-traumatic and disease cases were beyond 10 000 pg/ml, however, the mean value of the traumatic group was statistically higher than that of the other two groups. Even though several cases had high levels of IL-6 in spite of instantaneous death, the results showed that IL-6 levels are helpful in the diagnosis of traumatic shock.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0040-8727",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}