THE ROLE OF P53 IN SEPSIS-INDUCED CARDIOMYOPATHY
Abstract:
Septic cardiomyopathy remains a difficult medical problem to manage in critically ill
patients. With all currently available therapeutic options, the mortality rate in these patients remains
high. Our study included 29 patients diagnosed clinically with sepsis. A control group was used to
compare the results. In all patients, p53 expression was assessed in cardiac tissue obtained from these
patients and a statistical correlation was made with clinical data. The different expression rates of
p53 do not correlate with patient’s age, having appropriate means in years, but with an increasing
tendency with increasing expression (p=0.2110). The pulmonary infections are responsible for the
majority of the septic state in the study group (over 55%). The difference between the infection sites is
statistically significant (p<0.0001).
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