Effect of dexmedetomidine on perioperative cell immune function in patients undergoing hepatoma sur-gery / 实用医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the effect of dexmedetomidine on perioperative cell immune function in patients undergoing hepatoma surgery. Methods Sixty patients (40-65 y/o, 50-80 kg body weight, ASA grad-ing I-II) with hepatoma were allocated into two groups each containing 30 patientscontrol group (group C) and dex-medetomidine group (group D). 15 minutes before anesthesia induction, a loading dose of dexmedetomidine 0.5μg/kg was injected intravenously, followed by infusion at 0.4μg/(kg · h)until the end of operation in group D. The equal volume of normal saline was administered in group C.Blood samples were obtained from jugular vein before induc-tion of anesthesia (T0), the end of operation(T1) and 24 h after the end of surgery (T2) for detections of the levels of T lymphocyte subsets (CD3+, CD4+, CD8+) and NK cells by flow cytometry. CIM+/CD8+ratio was calculated. Serum IL-2 and IL-10 were detected by ELISA methods. Results When compared with the baseline value (T0), the levels of CD3+, CD4+, CD4+/CD8+ratio and NK cells significantly decreased at T1 and T2 in group C, and the levels of CD3+and CD4+also significantly decreased at T1 and T2 in group D (P<0.05). Compared with group C, the levels of CD3+, CD4+, NK cells and IL-2 at T1 and T2 were significantly higher in group D, and level of IL-10 at T1 and T2 were significantly lower in group D (P < 0.05). Conclusion Dexmedetomidine could improve the postoperative suppression of immune function in patients undergoing hepatoma surgery.