Also the
Pseudocholinesterase levels were found useful in predicting the mortality.
This was compared with (4) Pleural fluid
pseudocholinesterase and (5) Pleural fluid to serum ratio of
pseudocholinesterase.
Montgomery, "The relation of oedema to serum protein and
pseudocholinesterase levels in the malnourished infant," Archives of Disease in Childhood, vol.
Low
pseudocholinesterase (PChE), high creatinine (Cr), low Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) scores and long hospitalization durations were all found to be poor prognostics in MV patients.
This study evaluates the significance of analysing serum cholinesterase (
pseudocholinesterase) activity in assessing severity, correlating with clinical course and to predict the outcome in organophosphorous poisoning.
At the end of anesthesia, anticholinesterase drugs such as neostigmine are recommended to reverse the residual neuromuscular block, which has a high incidence rate and can lead to critical respiratory events.[sup][1],[2] Cholinesterase can be divided into two categories: acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and
pseudocholinesterase. In the neuromuscular junction (NMJ), all of the cholinesterase present is AChE.[sup][3] Anticholinesterase drugs decrease acetylcholine hydrolysis by inhibiting the activity of AChE and thus, improve the concentration of acetylcholine in the NMJ to overcome the effects of muscle relaxants; therefore, their mechanism of reversal is indirect [sup][4] and their antagonistic actions are theoretically related to the activity of AChE in the NMJ.
Cocaine complications and
pseudocholinesterase. Ann Intern Med 1989;110(2):167-168.
Patients with atypical variants of
pseudocholinesterase with deficient enzymatic activity may require mechanical ventilation and close monitoring following administration of this muscle relaxant.
BuChE is also known as
pseudocholinesterase as its capability to hydrolyse both ACh and BuCh at different frequencies (Forget et al., 2002; Khan et al., 2008).
(1) Butyrylcholinesterase, also called
pseudocholinesterase, has drawn growing interest in human medicine and is used as a target in Alzheimer's disease (16,17) and Parkinson disease treatment.
Agarwal, "Prognostic and diagnostic value of serum
pseudocholinesterase, serum aspartate transaminase, and serum alinine transaminase in malignancies treated by radiotherapy," Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics, vol.