Journal
JOURNAL OF CARDIOTHORACIC AND VASCULAR ANESTHESIA
Volume 21, Issue 2, Pages 184-190Publisher
W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2006.02.027
Keywords
cytokines; cardiopulmonary bypass; inflammatory response; neonates; hypoplastic left-heart disease; transposition of the great arteries
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Objective: The primary study objective was to examine the impact of diagnosis on the inflammatory response in neonates with congenital heart disease undergoing cardiac surgery. The secondary objective was to study the impact of the inflammatory response on postoperative outcome in these neonates. Design: Observational study. Setting: Tertiary care children's hospital heart center. Patients: Neonates with hypoplastic left-heart syndrome (HLHS) undergoing stage I repair and patients with transposition of the great arteries (TGA) undergoing arterial switch operation. Measurements and Main Results: There were 24 neonates with HLHS and 21 neonates with TGA. Serum samples to measure interleukin (IL)-6 and -10 were obtained before and after CPB at 1, 3, 6, and 24 hours postoperatively. Time to extubation, intensive care unit (ICU) length of stay, and peritoneal fluid drainage were compared between the groups. Serum IL-6 and IL-10 concentrations increased after CPB when compared to the preoperative concentration. Preoperative concentrations of IL-6 were significantly elevated in the HLHS group (HLHS: 32 [21.1, 69.6] pg/mL v TGA: 7.2 [3.6, 22.5] pg/mL [median, 25th, and 75th percentile], p = 0.003) and remained elevated immediately after CPB, and at 3 and 6 hours postoperatively. The IL-10 to IL-6 ratio was lower in the HLHS group preoperatively and immediately after CPB. ICU length of stay was significantly longer in the HLHS group (TGA 4 [3-6] days v HLHS 6 [5-81 days, p = 0.031). Mortality in the HLHS group (4/24) was associated with significantly higher IL-6 postoperatively (IL-6 immediately postoperatively: HLHS survivors 59.9 (34.3, 65.71 pg/mL vnonsurvivors 98.7 [94.4,104.5] pg/mL, p < 0.011). Conclusions: All neonates with TGA or HLHS have a significant inflammatory response after CPB. Neonates with HLHS have evidence of an activated inflammatory response before CPB, which remains significant in the postoperative period. Accelerated interleukin expression and an abnormal cytokine balance correlate with longer time to extubation, longer ICU length of stay, and increased peritoneal fluid volume. (c) 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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