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  • Title: Anergy and the severely ill surgical patient.
    Author: Fletcher JP, Little JM, Walker PJ.
    Journal: Aust N Z J Surg; 1986 Feb; 56(2):117-20. PubMed ID: 3089208.
    Abstract:
    Delayed hypersensitivity skin test reaction was evaluated using Multitest CMI, an implement which provides seven standardized antigens in a single application. Eighty-two patients requiring Total Parenteral Nutrition for a variety of conditions were studied. The incidence of anergy was 65%. Seven anergic patients died, but there were no deaths in the reactive group, this difference being significant (P = 0.04). There was a significant association of anergy with carcinoma (P = 0.007) and anergic patients with carcinoma had a significantly greater risk of dying than reactive patients without carcinoma (P = 0.038). Anergic patients also had significantly lower nutritional parameters of serum albumin (P = 0.04), transferrin (P less than 0.001), absolute lymphocyte count (P = 0.009) and mid-arm muscle circumference (P = 0.02) compared to the reactive group.
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