L-arginine levels are diminished in adult acute vaso-occlusive sickle cell crisis in the emergency department |
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Authors: | Lopez Bernard L Kreshak Allyson A Morris Claudia R Davis-Moon Linda Ballas Samir K Ma Xin-Liang |
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Affiliation: | Department of Emergency Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Bernard.Lopez@mail.tju.edu |
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Abstract: | Paediatric studies have demonstrated that l-arginine (l-arg), the precursor to nitric oxide, is diminished in vaso-occlusive crisis (VOC). This study aimed to determine whether l-arginine levels are altered in adult VOC in the emergency department. Plasma l-arg and nitric oxide metabolite (NOx) levels were obtained in adult VOC patients presenting to the emergency department. Fifty patients had significantly low plasma l-arg (29.78 micromol/l +/- 11.21, P < 0.05 vs steady-state control = 41.16 micromol/l +/- 5.04) and significantly low plasma NOx (12.33 micromol/l +/- 10.28, P < 0.05 vs steady-state control = 25.2 +/- 2.6 micro mol/l). Neither l-arg nor NOx levels could predict VOC clinical course. |
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Keywords: | sickle cell anaemia l-arginine nitric oxide vaso-occlusive crisis nitric oxide metabolites |
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