Stent composition and immune response after long-term coronary angioplasty.

Background: There are limited data about the influence of stent composition on immune responses after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Objective: The aim was to compare the effects of PCI with conventional cobalt-chromium bare metal stent (BMS) and drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation on the modulation of humoral and cellular immune responses. Methods: A randomised, single-centre, open pilot study involving patients with stable coronary artery disease eligible for PCI was performed. Blood samples were collected from the peripheral artery (PA) and the coronary sinus (CS) at baseline and 40 weeks following PCI. IgM and IgG autoantibodies (Abs), anti-oxLDL and anti-ApoB-D, as well as cytokine levels were evaluated by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Results: A total of 30 patients of 60 years mean age were included, 68% of whom were men. At the nine-month follow-up, a modulation in the levels of cytokines and autoantibodies was observed in both stent type groups. However, no difference was observed in the modulation of these markers between stents. Conclusion: The stent type promotes modulations in cellular and humoral immune responses in the long-term, with differences in the magnitude of effects in specific immune responses.

A doença oncológica não deve ser um fator limitante para admissão na UTI de pacientes submetidos a cirurgias de alto risco / Cancer disease should not be a limitative factor for admission of high risk surgical patients to an intensive care unit

JUSTIFICATIVA E OBJETIVOS: A doença oncológica per se é uma condição que muitas vezes influencia no tratamento dispensado ao paciente. O objetivo do presente estudo foi comparar o desfecho hospitalar de pacientes oncológicos e não oncológicos submetidos à procedimentos cirúrgicos eletivos com alto risco de óbito. MÉTODO: Estudo de coorte prospectivo observacional, realizado em UTI de hospital terciário no período de 01 de abril a 31 de julho de 2005. Foram coletados dados demográficos, escore APACHE II, MODS, variáveis hemodinâmicas, laboratoriais e avaliadas complicações definidas como re-operação, necessidade de ventilação mecânica, transfusão sangüínea e uso de cateter de artéria pulmonar no pós-operatório desses pacientes. Todos foram acompanhados até alta ou o óbito hospitalar. Para variáveis numéricas foi utilizado o teste t de Student e Mann-Whitney, para variáveis categóricas o teste do Qui-quadrado sendo considerado significativo o valor de p < 0,05. RESULTADOS: Foram incluídos no estudo 119 pacientes, 43 não oncológicos e 76 oncológicos, 52,9 por cento eram do sexo feminino. A média de idade foi 65,1 ± 14,1 anos, o escore médio de APACHE II 16,5 ± 5,8 e a mediana do MODS de 3 (2-6). A duração mediana da intervenção cirúrgica foi de 5 (3,3-7) horas e a mortalidade na UTI e hospitalar foram 10,9 por cento e 25,2 por cento, respectivamente. Os pacientes oncológicos apresentaram maiores tempos de internação hospitalar e de internação antes da cirurgia, sendo estes resultados estatisticamente significativos. A mortalidade hospitalar dos pacientes oncológicos não foi superior a dos pacientes sem neoplasia (22,4 por cento versus 30,2 por cento, p = 0,32). CONCLUSÕES: Nesta observação os pacientes oncológicos, submetidos à procedimentos cirúrgicos de alto risco, apresentaram mortalidade semelhante aos pacientes não oncológicos com gravidade de doença similar.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Oncologic diseases are conditions that have influence in the treatment offered to affected patients. The aim of this study was to compare hospitalar outcome of oncologic and non oncologic patients submitted to high risk elective surgery. METHODS: Prospective, observational cohort study realized in an ICU of a tertiary hospital during the period between 04/01/2005 and 07/31/2005. Demographic data, APACHE II and MODS scores and laboratorial and hemodynamic variables were collected and complications like re-intervention need for mechanical ventilation, red blood cell transfusions and pulmonary artery catheter use during the post-operative period were evaluated. All patients were followed until hospital discharge or death. T student and Mann Whitney tests were used to compare numerical variables. Chi-square test was used to compare categorical variables. A p < 0.05 was considered as significant. RESULTS: 119 patients were included in the study. 43 were oncologic and 76 were non-oncologic. 52.9 percent were female. Mean age was 65.1 ± 14.1 years. Mean APACHE II score was 16.5 ± 5.8 and MODS median was 3 (2-6). Median length of surgery was 5 (3.3-7) hours and ICU and hospital mortality were 10.9 percent and 25.2 percent, respectively. Oncologic patients had greater length of hospital stay and length of stay before surgery. These results were statistically significant. Hospital mortality of oncologic patients was not greater than non-oncologic patients (22.4 percent versus 30.2 percent, p = 0.32). CONCLUSIONS: In this series, oncologic patients submitted to high risk surgery had the same mortality rate as non-onconlogic patients with similar disease severity.

[Cancer disease should not be a limitative factor for admission of high risk surgical patients to an intensive care unit]. / A doença oncológica não deve ser um fator limitante para admissão na UTI de pacientes submetidos a cirurgias de alto risco.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Oncologic diseases are conditions that have influence in the treatment offered to affected patients. The aim of this study was to compare hospitalar outcome of oncologic and non oncologic patients submitted to high risk elective surgery. METHODS: Prospective, observational cohort study realized in an ICU of a tertiary hospital during the period between 04/01/2005 and 07/31/2005. Demographic data, APACHE II and MODS scores and laboratorial and hemodynamic variables were collected and complications like re-intervention need for mechanical ventilation, red blood cell transfusions and pulmonary artery catheter use during the post-operative period were evaluated. All patients were followed until hospital discharge or death. T student and Mann Whitney tests were used to compare numerical variables. Chi-square test was used to compare categorical variables. A p < 0.05 was considered as significant. RESULTS: 119 patients were included in the study. 43 were oncologic and 76 were non-oncologic. 52.9% were female. Mean age was 65.1 ± 14.1 years. Mean APACHE II score was 16.5 ± 5.8 and MODS median was 3 (2-6). Median length of surgery was 5 (3.3-7) hours and ICU and hospital mortality were 10.9% and 25.2%, respectively. Oncologic patients had greater length of hospital stay and length of stay before surgery. These results were statistically significant. Hospital mortality of oncologic patients was not greater than non-oncologic patients (22.4% versus 30.2%, p = 0.32). CONCLUSIONS: In this series, oncologic patients submitted to high risk surgery had the same mortality rate as non-onconlogic patients with similar disease severity.