Risk factors for early cognitive dysfunction after cardiac valve surgery / 医学研究生学报

ABSTRACT

Objective Postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) is a common complication of cardiac surgery, which seriously affects the prognosis of the patient.This study aimed to explore the risk factors for early POCD in patients undergoing cardiac valve surgery and the correlation between early POCD and the serum S100B protein level.Methods Eighty patients underwent mitral valve replacement surgery in combination with tricuspid plasty.At 1 day before and 5 days after surgery, we assessed the cognitive function of the patients and divided them into a POCD and a non-POCD group.We obtained such data as the age, sex, education, New EuroSCORE Ⅱ, and preoperative NYHA cardiac function grades and left ventricle ejection fraction (LVEF) of the patients, collected the venous blood to determine serum S100B protein concentration by ELISA, and analyzed the independent risk factors of early POCD using single-factor and binary logistic regression analyses.Results POCD was found in 20 (25%) of the patients, , Logistic regression analysis showed the independent risk factors for early POCD to be hyperglycemia (OR=6.038, 95% CI 1.202-30.337), operation time (OR=6.423, 95% CI 1.276-32.332), and aspartate aminotransferase (AST, 2 times higher than normal) (OR=12.878, 95% CI 2.289-72.445).The serum S100B protein concentrations in the POCD group were (1.9±0.3) μg/L and (1.7±0.4) μg/L at 48 and 72 hours after cardiopulmonary bypass, significantly lower than (2.4±0.4) μg/L and (2.1±0.3) μg/L at 30 minutes and 24 hours (P<0.05), and so was it in the non-POCD group at 72 than at 48 hours postoperatively ([1.4±0.4]) vs [1.5±0.4] μg/L, P<0.05).Conclusion Long operation time, perioperative hyperglycemia and high AST are independent predictors and the serum S100B protein level is a significant marker of early POCD.