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Differences in tocopherol-lipid ratios in ARDS and non-ARDS patients

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Plasma tocopherol, plasma total lipid levels and tocopherol-lipid ratio were measured every 6 h during 48 h in 12 critically ill patients and compared with those of a control group. The patients were divided into two groups. Group I comprised 6 critically ill patients with ARDS and group II comprised 6 severely ill patients without ARDS. The means for all observations of plasma tocopherol, total lipid levels and tocopherol-lipid ratio in groups I and II were significantly depressed relative to a control group (p<0.0001). The difference in the average tocopherol-lipid ratio between the three groups (p<0.0001) and between the groups I and II was statistically significant (p<0.0001). Our results indicated: (1) a decrease of vitamin E concentrations in the critically ill patients, particularly in ARDS patients; (2) the importance of the relationship between plasma tocopherol and plasma lipids levels in evaluating the deficiency in vitamin E which was evident in ARDS patients.

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  1. Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Sint Jan Hospital, Brussels, Belgium

    Y. Bertrand, G. Hanique, B. Denis, L. Leenaerts & L. Vankeerberghen

  2. Laboratory of Biochemistry and Radiobiology, Institut de Chimie, B6, University of Liège, Belgium

    J. Pincemail & C. Deby

  3. Service de Soins Intensifs, Clinique Saint-Jean, 104 rue du Marais, D-1000, Bruxelles, Belgium

    Y. Bertrand

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Bertrand, Y., Pincemail, J., Hanique, G. et al. Differences in tocopherol-lipid ratios in ARDS and non-ARDS patients. Intensive Care Med 15, 87–93 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00295983

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