EVALUATION OF THE BEHAVIOR OF LEVELS OF HMGB1 AND IL6 AS PREDICTORS OF INFECTION, ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY AND MORTALITY IN CIRRHOTIC PATIENTS WITH VARICEAL BLEEDING.
Eduardo Garcia VilelaCamilla Dos Santos PinheiroSaulo Fernandes SaturninoCélio Geraldo de Oliveira GomesVanuza Chagas do NascimentoMarcos Vinicius Melo de AndradePublished in: Arquivos de gastroenterologia (2019)
Serum levels of HMGB1 and IL-6 were higher in patients with the three studied outcomes. HMGB1 serum levels showed a high correlation with infection and a moderate correlation with acute kidney injury and death, while IL-6 showed a moderate correlation with infection and death and a low correlation with acute kidney injury.