The protective effects of dexmedetomidine on myocardial injury of severely burned patients / 实用医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the protective effects of dexmedetomidine on myocardial injury of severe burn patients. Methods Seventy-eight cases of severe burn patients were enrolled in this study in our hospital from May 2014 to May 2016. According to the clinical characteristics of treatment, the patients were divided into the control group and the observation group, with 39 cases in each group. Patients in the control group were treated with midazolam sedation on the basis of conventional burns, and patients in the observation group were treated with dexmedetomidine combined with midazolam sedation. The myocardial function-related indicators, heart rate (HR) and mean arterial pressure (MAP) of patients were compared between the 2 groups after treatment. Results (1) The SOD, MDA, CK-MB, cTnI and TNF-αof the two groups after treatment were significantly lower than those before treatment, and the degree of reduction in the observation group was significantly higher than that in the control group (P<0.05);(2) There were significant changes in MAP and HR before and after treatment in the both 2 groups. The decrease s of HR and the degree of MAP elevation in the observation group were significantly higher than those in the control group (P < 0.05, respectively). Conclusions Dexmedetomidine can improve the SOD activity of patients with severe burns, and the decreased expressions of CK-MB, cTnI and TNF-αcan reduce the degree of damage to myocardial tissue microstructure, and can protect the myocardium of patients with severe burns.