Table 2

Correlation of time-related cytokine production with organ dysfunctions measured within 24 hours after surgery

Organ dysfunction

Inflammatory markers

p


AI

After CPB


3 hours

6 hours

10 hours


Circulationa

MIF

0.017

IL-10

0.011

IL-6

0.05

Hematologicalb

MCP-1

0.014

MCP-1

0.026

MCP-1

0.002

Pulmonaryc

MIF

0.041

MIF

<0.001

IL-10

0.032


aDefined as noreprinephrine > 1.0 μg/kg per minute; bdefined as platelets < 133,000/mm3; cdefined as a ratio of partial arterial oxygen tension to fraction of inspired oxygen of less than 196. AI, anesthesia induction; CPB, cardiopulmonary bypass; MCP, monocyte chemoattractant protein; MIF, macrophage migration inhibitory factor.

de Mendonça-Filho et al. Critical Care 2006 10:R46   doi:10.1186/cc4857

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