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Original Article

Volume 3, Number 6, December 2011, pages 296-302

The Importance of H-FABP in Determining the Severity of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Figure

Figure 1.
Figure 1. The changes in time in serum H-FABP levels.

Table

Table 1. Comparison of the Patients With Normal Echocardiography Findings and With Wall Motion Abnormalities
 
Group I
Normal echocardiography findings
(n = 41) (mean ± SD)		Group II
Wall motion abnormalities

(n = 12) (mean ± SD)		p value
COHb (%)
  Hour 039.57 ± 10.4941.98 ± 12.79p > 0.05
  Hour 67.69 ± 3.267.83 ± 3.89p > 0.05
  Hour 241.24 ± 0.661.06 ± 0.65p > 0.05
H-FABP (ng/mL)
  Hour 033.05 ± 23.7341.17 ± 23.66p > 0.05
  Hour 612.37 ± 18.9137.75 ± 31.99p = 0.001
  Hour 244.73 ± 11.5624.75 ± 37.56p = 0.009
Troponin I (ng/mL)
  Hour 00.25 ± 0.410.89 ± 0.93p = 0.002
  Hour 60.30 ± 0.431.69 ± 1.85p = 0.003
  Hour 240.25 ± 0.301.25 ± 1.57p = 0.001
CK-MB (U/L)
  Hour 022.24 ± 13.9957.58 ± 59.12p = 0.002
  Hour 626.24 ± 14.4667.08 ± 47.49p < 0.001
  Hour 2423.15 ± 14.7951.08 ± 38.20p = 0.002