The Correlation between Markers with the Acute Exacerbation and Severity of the Illness in Patients with Acute Urticaria and Angioede

Urticaria and angioedema are among the commonly encountered clinical conditions in the emergency department (ED). The severity of these conditions ranges from a simple rash to life threatening uvular edema. Recently, several studies on determining the relationship between the coagulation and inflammation markers with the acute exacerbation and severity especially on chronic urticaria patients have been published. Studies in the literature were primarily focused on patients with chronic urticaria and there appears to be no study on evaluating the level of those markers in patients with acute urticaria or angioedema. We aimed to evaluate the correlation between the coagulation and inflammatory markers with the acute exacerbation and severity of illness in patients presenting to our ED with acute urticaria or angioedema. *Corresponding author: Emine Akinci, senlik mahallesi, baldiran sokak, 40/18 06310 kecioren, Ankara, Turkey, E-mail: [email protected] Received March 15, 2012; Accepted May 25, 2012 Published May 27, 2012 Citation: Akinci E (2012) The Correlation between Markers with the Acute Exacerbation and Severity of the Illness in Patients with Acute Urticaria and Angioedema. Emergency Med 2:123. doi:10.4172/2165-7548.1000123 Copyright: © 2012 Akinci E. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.