Hepatic enzyme decline after pediatric blunt trauma: a tool for timing child abuse?
Hepatic transaminases rise rapidly after uncomplicated blunt liver injury, then fall predictably. Persistently stable or increasing concentrations may indicate complications. ALT>AST indicates subacute injury.
PreOp sTie-2 levels were significantly lower in cancer patients. MICR is associated with a significant short-lived decrease in plasma sTie-2 levels in cancer patients on POD1 and 3, which may briefly inhibit VEGF-mediated angiogenesis. The benign group's early results were similar.