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Evaluation of Eosinopenia as a SIRS Biomarker in Critically Ill Horses.


ABSTRACT: Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) is a very common finding in critically ill patients. To accurately identify patients with SIRS and those who need intensive care, several markers have been evaluated, including cortisol, WBC or lactate. It is widely known that a stress leukogram includes eosinopenia as one of its main markers (neutrophilia, eosinopenia, lymphopenia and mild monocytes). It is known that cortisol concentration in plasma is the main stress biomarker and is strongly correlated with the severity of disease in horses. However, it is not possible to measure this parameter routinely in clinical conditions. Hence, in this study it was hypothesized that the eosinophil count could be a reliable parameter to identify critically ill horses. Horses included in this study were divided into three groups: Group A (sick horses received at the Emergency Unit which did not fulfil the criteria for SIRS), Group B (horses that meet two or more criteria for inclusion in the definition of SIRS) and a control group of healthy horses. In this study, horses with SIRS showed lower eosinophil counts than healthy horses. Moreover, non-surviving horses exhibited lower eosinophil counts than survivors. Eosinopenia could be used to identify horses with SIRS and can be useful as a prognostic marker.

SUBMITTER: Martin-Cuervo M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9774166 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Evaluation of Eosinopenia as a SIRS Biomarker in Critically Ill Horses.

Martín-Cuervo María M   Gracia-Calvo Luis Alfonso LA   Macías-García Beatriz B   Ezquerra Luis Javier LJ   Barrera Rafael R  

Animals : an open access journal from MDPI 20221215 24


Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) is a very common finding in critically ill patients. To accurately identify patients with SIRS and those who need intensive care, several markers have been evaluated, including cortisol, WBC or lactate. It is widely known that a stress leukogram includes eosinopenia as one of its main markers (neutrophilia, eosinopenia, lymphopenia and mild monocytes). It is known that cortisol concentration in plasma is the main stress biomarker and is strongly cor  ...[more]

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