Acute phase reactants
Background
- Acute phase reactants are blood variables that increase or decrease during acute illness (an acute phase)
- Most, but not all, are proteins
- Those that go up are positive
- Those that go down are negative
Positive acute phase reactants ↥
- Alpha-1-antitrypsin
- Ceruloplasmin
- Complement CH50, CH100, C3 and C4
- C-reactive protein (CRP)
- Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR)
- Factor VIII
- Ferritin
- Haptoglobins
- Von Willebrand factor
Negative acute phase reactants ↧
- Albumin
- Prealbumin (transthyretin)
- Transferrin
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