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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2008
Applicants:
Soheyl Bahrami, Götzendorf, AT;
Wolfgang Woloszczuk, Vienna, AT;
Gerhard Hawa, Vienna, AT;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Biomedica Medizinprodukte GmbH & Co KG, Vienna, AT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/53 (2006.01); G01N 33/542 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention describes a method for diagnosing of septic complications in polytraumatised human or animal patients, said patients being free of traumatic brain injury, by determining the level of the C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP), its precursors or fragments thereof, especially the precursor of the C-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proCNP), in this patient and diagnosing the patient a having septic complications or being at risk of developing septic complications, if the level of CNP, its precursors or fragments thereof, especially NT-proCNP, is increased compared to normal levels.