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PEDIATRICS
Volume 110, Issue 1, Pages 36-41Publisher
AMER ACAD PEDIATRICS
DOI: 10.1542/peds.110.1.36
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CD11b/CD18; C-reactive protein; neutrophil activation; preterm infant; respiratory distress syndrome; systemic inflammation
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Objective. To study neutrophil activation in circulation as a sign of systemic inflammation in preterm infants with respiratory distress syndrome. Methods. The study comprised very low birth weight preterm infants who had respiratory distress syndrome and required intubation and mechanical ventilation (n = 51), 1-day-old preterm infants who had no need for mechanical ventilation (n = 12), term infants (n = 47), and adult volunteers (n = 25). Neutrophil surface expression of CD11b was quantified with flow cytometry. Results. In preterm infants with respiratory distress syndrome, neutrophil CD11b expression during the first day of life was higher than in cord blood (mean: 165 relative fluorescence units [RFU] [standard deviation [SD]: 53], n = 29 vs 83 RFU [SD: 21], n = 11; 95% confidence interval [CI] for difference: 59-106) or in preterm infants without mechanical ventilation (106 RFU [SD: 33], n = 12; 95% CI for difference: 17-90). CD11b expression decreased by age of 10 days. CD11b expression was lower in preterm cord than in term cord blood (95% CI for difference: 5-53). However, in preterm infants with respiratory distress syndrome aged 2 to 5 days, it was higher than in term infants of that age. Conclusions. The observations demonstrate an early transient postnatal neutrophil activation indicative of systemic inflammation that may contribute to the tissue injury in preterm infants with respiratory distress syndrome.
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