D TT: 15.4?3.4 [sec]. Fibrinogen PD 168393 chemical information levels decreased first, then doubled and decreased almost to the preoperative value at one month. D dimer level was high at one-hour postoperatively, further elevated by the sixth day and normalized afterwards. Thrombin generation measured by TGA was evaluated by the peak thrombin concentration (nM), the area under the curveThrombin Generation after ProstatectomyTable 1. Routine test results of patients before and following radical prostatectomy.ParameterReference Range or Mean?SD of Preoperative Controls sampleHour 1 After SurgeryDayMonthMonthtPSA * [ng/mL] RBC [T/L],4.4 4.2?.8.1 6.2?1.5 4.7 4.5?.8.5 6.6?4.1 4.4 4.0?.6 p,0.1.5 1.0?.2 4.3 3.9?.7 p = 0.0001 7.2 5.9?.6 NS 244 213?93 p,0.0001 7.6 7.4?.0 p = 0.0002 27.1 26.2?0.8 NS 16.7 15.8?7.6 p = 0.0007 5.3 4.9?.7 p,0.0001 1.16 0.86?.32 p = 0.0.0 0.00?.05 4.5 4.2?.0 p = 0.0013 6.0 4.9?.9 p = 0.0203 237 185?98 NS 8.1 7.8?.3 NS 27.8 26.0?0.7 p = 0.0157 17.9 16.9?9.0 NS 3.7 3.4?.2 0.0204 0.42 0.21?.91 NS0.0 0.00?.03 4.6 4.5?.8 NS 6.4 5.8?.4 NS 228 176?66 NS 7.9 7.7?.0 NS 28.0 26.8?0.7 NS 18.9 17.9?9.1 NS 3.1 2.9?.WBC [G/L]4.5?0.7.2 6.0?.13.5 11.1?6.7 p,0.PLT [G/L]150?203 173?199 156?61 NSPT [sec]8.0 7.4?.8.1 7.8?.8.7 8.2?.0 p = 0.APTT [sec]28.1 26.7?9.29.3 27.6?0.27.2 25.4?9.2 NSTT [sec]17.3 14.5?0.23 1.5?.17.9 17.0?8.18.5 17.8?9.5 p = 0.Fng [g/L]3.3 2.8?.2.8 2.5?.2 P = 0.D dimer [mg Feu/L],0.0.27 0.24?.0.88 0.53?.46 p = 0.0.24 0.20?.Results are given as mean and 6SD or median and 25?5 percentile values, depending on the normality of the test results. P values are also calculated according to the distribution of the given data series and the option of paring: i.e. “preoperative results” to the “results of the controls” with unpaired t test (with Welch’s correction or Mann Whitney test); “postoperation results” to the “preoperative results” with Paired t test (and Wilcoxon signed rank test). Preoperative data were compared to controls and the results of the postoperative samples were compared to the preoperative ones (day-1). 2 reference range of the method applied. 3 mean62SD of pooled control samples (n = 20) in the period of the study. 4 ND = not determined. Bold letters indicate significant differences. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0051299.t(AUC), the lag phase, the peak time and the velocity index (Vindex; Table 2. and Figure). The reaction was triggered by 5 pM tissue factor in all the measurements. Compared to the controls, peak thrombin and AUC were elevated in the patients’ preoperative samples, while the other parameters of the thrombin generation remained unchanged. The peak thrombin levels were further elevated in the early postoperative period, reaching a maximum by the sixth day, as did AUC, and normalized by the end of the first month. Significant differences in the lag phase, peak time and velocity index were seen in the postoperative onehour samples. None of the TGA parameters correlated with the changes in fibrinogen levels except AUC on the sixth day (p = 0.0038, Pearson correlation). No correlation between 26001275 conventional Fruquintinib web clotting times and changes in the thrombin generation parameters were found, except for PT and TT on the sixth day, where the correlation with the lag phase was significant.Decreased antithrombin (AT) levels may increase the thrombin generation thus we assessed its changes in the study samples. Compared to the baseline, AT-levels were reduced one hour postoperatively, which however was not significant. As patients had be.D TT: 15.4?3.4 [sec]. Fibrinogen levels decreased first, then doubled and decreased almost to the preoperative value at one month. D dimer level was high at one-hour postoperatively, further elevated by the sixth day and normalized afterwards. Thrombin generation measured by TGA was evaluated by the peak thrombin concentration (nM), the area under the curveThrombin Generation after ProstatectomyTable 1. Routine test results of patients before and following radical prostatectomy.ParameterReference Range or Mean?SD of Preoperative Controls sampleHour 1 After SurgeryDayMonthMonthtPSA * [ng/mL] RBC [T/L],4.4 4.2?.8.1 6.2?1.5 4.7 4.5?.8.5 6.6?4.1 4.4 4.0?.6 p,0.1.5 1.0?.2 4.3 3.9?.7 p = 0.0001 7.2 5.9?.6 NS 244 213?93 p,0.0001 7.6 7.4?.0 p = 0.0002 27.1 26.2?0.8 NS 16.7 15.8?7.6 p = 0.0007 5.3 4.9?.7 p,0.0001 1.16 0.86?.32 p = 0.0.0 0.00?.05 4.5 4.2?.0 p = 0.0013 6.0 4.9?.9 p = 0.0203 237 185?98 NS 8.1 7.8?.3 NS 27.8 26.0?0.7 p = 0.0157 17.9 16.9?9.0 NS 3.7 3.4?.2 0.0204 0.42 0.21?.91 NS0.0 0.00?.03 4.6 4.5?.8 NS 6.4 5.8?.4 NS 228 176?66 NS 7.9 7.7?.0 NS 28.0 26.8?0.7 NS 18.9 17.9?9.1 NS 3.1 2.9?.WBC [G/L]4.5?0.7.2 6.0?.13.5 11.1?6.7 p,0.PLT [G/L]150?203 173?199 156?61 NSPT [sec]8.0 7.4?.8.1 7.8?.8.7 8.2?.0 p = 0.APTT [sec]28.1 26.7?9.29.3 27.6?0.27.2 25.4?9.2 NSTT [sec]17.3 14.5?0.23 1.5?.17.9 17.0?8.18.5 17.8?9.5 p = 0.Fng [g/L]3.3 2.8?.2.8 2.5?.2 P = 0.D dimer [mg Feu/L],0.0.27 0.24?.0.88 0.53?.46 p = 0.0.24 0.20?.Results are given as mean and 6SD or median and 25?5 percentile values, depending on the normality of the test results. P values are also calculated according to the distribution of the given data series and the option of paring: i.e. “preoperative results” to the “results of the controls” with unpaired t test (with Welch’s correction or Mann Whitney test); “postoperation results” to the “preoperative results” with Paired t test (and Wilcoxon signed rank test). Preoperative data were compared to controls and the results of the postoperative samples were compared to the preoperative ones (day-1). 2 reference range of the method applied. 3 mean62SD of pooled control samples (n = 20) in the period of the study. 4 ND = not determined. Bold letters indicate significant differences. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0051299.t(AUC), the lag phase, the peak time and the velocity index (Vindex; Table 2. and Figure). The reaction was triggered by 5 pM tissue factor in all the measurements. Compared to the controls, peak thrombin and AUC were elevated in the patients’ preoperative samples, while the other parameters of the thrombin generation remained unchanged. The peak thrombin levels were further elevated in the early postoperative period, reaching a maximum by the sixth day, as did AUC, and normalized by the end of the first month. Significant differences in the lag phase, peak time and velocity index were seen in the postoperative onehour samples. None of the TGA parameters correlated with the changes in fibrinogen levels except AUC on the sixth day (p = 0.0038, Pearson correlation). No correlation between 26001275 conventional clotting times and changes in the thrombin generation parameters were found, except for PT and TT on the sixth day, where the correlation with the lag phase was significant.Decreased antithrombin (AT) levels may increase the thrombin generation thus we assessed its changes in the study samples. Compared to the baseline, AT-levels were reduced one hour postoperatively, which however was not significant. As patients had be.