Key Points for Curbing Cardiopulmonary Bypass Inflammation

PURPOSE: Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) procedures are thought to activate systemic inflammatory reaction syndrome (SIRS). Strategies to curb systemic inflammation have been previously described. However, none of them is adequate, since "curbing" the extent of the inflammatory response requires a multimodal approach. The aim of the present mini-review is to discuss the main key points about the main principles in cardiopulmonary bypass curbing inflammation. METHODS: No systematic literature search (MEDLINE) and extracted data from the accumulated experience of the authors. The preconceived idea of an association between severe inflammation and coagulation disorders is reviewed. Also, some fundamental concepts, CPB inflammatory biomarkers, the vasoplegic syndrome and the need forindividual CPB protocols for children, diabetes and old patients, are discussed. CONCLUSION: The ways in which surgical technique (atraumatic vein harvest, biocompatibility and shear resistance of the circuit, monitoring, minimizing organ ischemia, minimal cross-clamping trauma, and blood management) are thought to curb SIRS induced by CPB and affect positively the patient outcome.Improved patient outcomes are strongly associated with these modalities of care, more than single or combinatorial drug strategies (aprotinin, tranexamic acid, pentoxifylline) or CPB modalities (minicircuits, heparin-coated circuits, retrograde autologous prime).

Effects of penehyclidine hydrochloride on acute lung injury in heart valve replacement patients with car-diopulmonary bypass / 临床麻醉学杂志

Objective To investigate effects of penehyclidine hydrochloride (PHC)protects a-gainst acute lung injury (ALI)in heart valve replacement patients with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB).Methods Thirty rheumatic heart disease patients,eighteen males and twelve females with NYHA Ⅱ or Ⅲ,with cardiac valve replacement undergoing CPB were enrolled in the study.All pa-tients were randomly divided into group P and group C (fifteen in each group).Patients in group P re-ceived an intravenous injection of 0.03 mg/kg PHC before anesthesia induction and those in group C received the same volume of normal saline.Blood samples were collected to monitor the concentrations of IL-6,TNF-αand NF-κB at the following time points:before anesthesia induction (T0 ),the end of the operation (T1 ),6 hours (T2 ),12 hours (T3 )and 24 hours(T4 )postoperatively,arterial blood gas analyses were detected and oxygenation index (OI)was calculated at the time of T0 ,T1 and T4 , as well as lung dynamic compliance of patients adopt at the time of soon after anesthesia induction and the end of the operation.The outcomes included duration of intubation (DOI),length of intensive care unit stay (LOI)and length of hospital stay after the surgery (LOH).Results The DOI,LOI and LOH in group P were shorter than those in group C,but there was no statistical significance between groups.The plasma levels of IL-6,TNF-α and NF-κB were higher at T1-T4 than T0 in both groups (P <0.05),and those in group P were statistically lower than group C at T1-T4 (P <0.05).The val-ues of OI at T0 and T1 were obviously lower than T4 in both groups (P <0.05),and that in group P was slightly higher than group C at T4 but without statistical significance.The lung dynamic compli-ance of patients in group P at the end of operation was obviously higher than that in group C (P <0.05).Conclusion PHC inhibits systemic inflammatory response,improves lung compliance,amel-iorates tissue oxygen supply and encourages postoperative rehabilitation in valve heart replacement pa-tients with CPB,and its mechanisms is relevant to the regulation of NF-κB signal way on the produc-tion of such proinflammatory cytokines as IL-6 and TNF-α.

Effect of structured lipid emulsion on acute phase protein and acute inflammatory reaction in gastrointestinal cancer patients after operation / 中国综合临床

Objective To explore the influence of structured lipid emulsion on acute phase protein and acute inflammatory reaction in gastrointestinal cancer patients after operation.Methods Eighty postoperative patients with gastrointestinal caner from July 2010 to February 2012 were randomly divided into observation group and control group,and 40 cases for each group.Patients in observation group were given structured lipid emulsion,while in control group were given physic mixture of medium-chain/long-chain triglycerides group.Meanwhile patients in both groups were received isonitrogenous and isocaloric parenteral nutrition for 6 days after operation.The general conditions after operation were recorded.Acute phase protein and acute inflammatory reaction were measured before operation,the 1 st day and 7th day after operation.Results After 6 days parenteral nutrition,the vital sign data,blood routine indices,liver and renal function,blood fat were back to normal values in two groups.There was no significant difference in the incidence of postoperative infection complication and hospitalization duration between observation group and control group (12.5％ (5/40) vs.25.0％ (10/40) ; (12.9 ± 0.7) d vs.(13.1 ± 0.9) d; P ＞ 0.05).The serum levels of Albumin (ALB),Prealbumin(PAB) and Transferrin(TRF) on the 1st day after operation in two groups were significantly lower than those before operation,while the serum levels of C reactive protein (CRP) and fibrinogen (Fib) were significantly higher,then gradually recovering.The serum levels of ALB,PAB,TRF,CRP,Fib on the 7th day after operation in observation group were (37.11 ± 3.30) g/L,(0.25 ± 0.08) g/L,(2.35 ± 0.49) g/L,(21.84±16.76) mg/L,(3.95 ± 1.23) g/L,significant different from those on the 1st day before nutrition therapy ((31.52±2.92) g/L,(0.15 ±0.02) g/L,(1.90 ±0.54) g/L,(83.80 ±47.13) mg/L,(4.35 ±0.98) g/L) and control group ((34.50 ±2.71) g/L,(0.18 ±0.05) g/L,(2.00 ±0.52) g/L,(41.36 ±23.49) mg/L,(4.76 ± 2.35) g/L; P ＜ 0.05).The serum levels of interleukin (IL)-1,IL-2,IL-6,tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α decreased on the 1st day after operation of two groups,then gradually increasing.The serum levels of IL-2,IL-6 on the 7th day after operation in observation group were (987 ±203) ng/L) and (277 ± 107) ng/L,significant different from those on the 1st day before nutrition therapy ((890 ± 197) ng/L and (355 ± 107) ng/L;P ＜0.05),and lower than those in control group ((1 347 ± 195) ng/L,(752 ± 187) ng/L; P ＜0.05).The serum levels of TNF-α on the 7th day after operation in observation group was (197 ±98) ng/L,which was as same as that on the 1 st day before nutrition therapy ((167 ± 79) ng/L,P ＞ 0.05) and lower than this in control group((342 ± 106) ng/L;P ＜0.05).Conclusion Structured lipid emulsion can effectively improve the synthesis of acute phase protein in gastrointestinal cancer patients after operation,regulate the inflammatory cell factors producing and releasing,which is benefit to smoothly through stress reaction period.

Altered thyroid hormone levels in patients with systemic inflammatory reaction syndrome / 中华内分泌代谢杂志

The patients with systemic inflammatory reaction syndrome had high possibility to get euthyroid sick syndrome, which happened more frequently and severely in patients with multiple organ dysfunction syndrome, reflecting that inflammation or cytokines may affect the hypothalamic- pituitary-thyroid axis.