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Xenon triggers pro-inflammatory effects and suppresses the anti-inflammatory response compared to sevoflurane in patients undergoing cardiac surgery

Overview of attention for article published in Critical Care, December 2015
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Title
Xenon triggers pro-inflammatory effects and suppresses the anti-inflammatory response compared to sevoflurane in patients undergoing cardiac surgery
Published in
Critical Care, December 2015
DOI 10.1186/s13054-015-1082-7
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Thomas Breuer, Christoph Emontzpohl, Mark Coburn, Carina Benstoem, Rolf Rossaint, Gernot Marx, Gereon Schälte, Juergen Bernhagen, Christian S. Bruells, Andreas Goetzenich, Christian Stoppe

Abstract

Cardiac surgery encompasses various stimuli that trigger pro-inflammatory mediators, reactive oxygen species and mobilization of leucocytes. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of xenon on the inflammatory response during cardiac surgery. This randomized trial enrolled 30 patients who underwent elective on-pump coronary-artery bypass grafting in balanced anaesthesia of either xenon or sevoflurane. For this secondary analysis, blood samples were drawn prior to the operation, intra-operatively and on the first post-operative day to measure the pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines interleukin-6 (IL-6), interleukin-8/C-X-C motif ligand 8 (IL-8/CXCL8), and interleukin-10 (IL-10). Chemokines such as C-X-C motif ligand 12/ stromal cell-derived factor-1α (CXCL12/SDF-1α) and macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) were measured to characterize xenon's perioperative inflammatory profile and its impact on migration of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC). Xenon enhanced the postoperative increase of IL-6 compared to sevoflurane (Xenon: 90.7 versus sevoflurane: 33.7 pg/ml; p = 0.035) and attenuated the increase of IL-10 (Xenon: 127.9 versus sevoflurane: 548.3 pg/ml; p = 0.028). Both groups demonstrated a comparable intraoperative increase of oxidative stress (intra-OP: p = 0.29; post-OP: p = 0.65). While both groups showed an intraoperative increase of the cardioprotective mediators MIF and CXCL12/SDF-1α, only MIF levels decreased in the xenon group on the first postoperative day (50.0 ng/ml compared to 23.3 ng/ml; p = 0.012), whereas it remained elevated after sevoflurane anaesthesia (58.3 ng/ml to 53.6 ng/ml). Effects of patients' serum on chemotactic migration of peripheral mononuclear blood cells taken from healthy volunteers indicated a tendency towards enhanced migration after sevoflurane anaesthesia (p = 0.07). Compared to sevoflurane, balanced xenon anaesthesia triggers pro-inflammatory effects and suppresses the anti-inflammatory response in cardiac surgery patients even though the clinical significance remains unknown. This clinical trial was approved by the European Medicines Agency (EudraCT-number: 2010-023942-63) and at ClinicalTrials.gov ( NCT01285271 ; first received: January 24, 2011).

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Country Count As %
Canada 1 3%
Unknown 35 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 5 14%
Student > Master 4 11%
Other 4 11%
Student > Bachelor 4 11%
Professor 2 6%
Other 5 14%
Unknown 12 33%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 16 44%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 6%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 6%
Chemical Engineering 1 3%
Unspecified 1 3%
Other 2 6%
Unknown 12 33%
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#8,163,928
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#4,284
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