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* From the Departments of Cardiopulmonary Surgery (Dr. Fransen, and Dr. Maessen), Pulmonology (Dr. Dentener), and Surgery (Drs. Senden and Buurman), University Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht, Netherlands.
Correspondence to: Jos Maessen, MD, PhD, Department of Cardiopulmonary Surgery, University Hospital Maastricht, P. Debyelaan 25, PO Box 5800, 6202 AZ Maastricht, Netherlands; e-mail: jma{at}scpc.azm.nl
Study objectives: This study was conducted to investigate whether intraoperative blood transfusions affect the release of proinflammatory mediators in patients undergoing cardiac surgery. Therefore, we measured plasma levels of bactericidal permeability increasing protein (BPI) as a marker of neutrophil activation, interleukin-6 (IL-6), lipopolysaccharide binding protein (LBP), and C-reactive protein (CRP). In addition, these mediators, except CRP, were also measured in packed red cell units (PCs) administered to these patients.
Design: Prospective study.
Setting: Cardiopulmonary surgery department in a university hospital.
Patients: One hundred fourteen consecutive patients undergoing cardiac surgery.
Interventions: Blood samples were taken at induction of anesthesia, at the start of aortic cross-clamping, at aortic unclamping, and at 0.5, 4, 8, and 18 h thereafter.
Results: Thirty-six patients received PC intraoperatively. BPI levels in patients who received transfusions were significantly higher at 0.5 and 4 h after aortic unclamping than in patients without transfusions (p < 0.05), and increased with the number of PC administered. IL-6 levels at 0.5, 4, and 18 h after aortic unclamping were also significantly higher in patients who received transfusions (p < 0.01). BPI was found in all units of packed red cells tested at concentrations up to 15 times preoperative plasma levels in patients. However, PC IL-6 could be detected in none of the samples. Plasma levels of LBP and CRP were similar in both patient groups. LBP was found in very low concentrations in all PC. Patients who received intraoperative transfusions had a worse postoperative performance.
Conclusions: Intraoperative PC transfusions do contribute to the inflammatory response after cardiac surgery both by enhancing part of the response and by directly changing plasma concentrations of inflammatory mediators. Furthermore, these data show that intraoperative PC transfusion is associated with a worse postoperative performance.
Key Words: blood transfusions • cardiac surgery • inflammatory mediators
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