What is it about?
Elevated levels of analytes connected to immunological diseases, c-reactive protein (CRP) and interleukin-8 (IL-8), is associated with shorter time of survival. Investigated individuals were 167 frail elderly >79 years, living in nursing homes.
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Why is it important?
Measurement of the laboratory analyte CRP in blood is not complicated nor expensive. That can be a useful tool for early detection of inflammatory processes in individuals living in buring homes.
Perspectives
To increase the knowledge that can improve the care of frail elderly is urgent and I hope that this knowledge gets disseminated.
Maria Edvardsson
Linkopings universitet
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This page is a summary of: Elevated levels of CRP and IL-8 are related to reduce survival time: 1-year follow-up measurements of different analytes in frail elderly nursing home residents, Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation, May 2019, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/00365513.2019.1609695.
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