Compartmentalisation of cytokines and cytokine inhibitors in ventilator-associated pneumonia.

Autor: Millo, Julian L., Schultz, Marcus J., Williams, Conrad, Weverling, Gerrit J., Ringrose, Timothy, Mackinlay, Carolyn I., van der Poll, Tom, Garrard, Christopher S.
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Zdroj: Intensive Care Medicine; Jan2004, Vol. 30 Issue 1, p68-74, 7p
Abstrakt: Objective: To examine whether cytokine concentrations change in the pulmonary compartment during the development of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP).Design: Non-directed bronchial lavage (NBL) was performed every 48 h in critically ill mechanically ventilated patients. Serial measurements of the cytokines tumor necrosis factor (TNF) alpha, interleukin (IL)-1alpha, IL-1beta, IL-6, and IL-10 and the cytokine inhibitors soluble TNFalpha receptor type I (sTNFalphaRI), IL-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1Ra) and soluble IL-1 receptor II (sIL-1RII) were performed on the NBL fluid and matching plasma samples by ELISA.Setting: An adult medical and surgical university hospital intensive care unit.Patients: Nine patients who developed VAP and nineteen patients who did not develop VAP served as controls.Interventions: None.Results: Plasma concentrations of the measured cytokines and cytokine inhibitors did not change significantly in any patients. In control patients, NBL fluid concentrations of sIL-1RII decreased significantly over time (P=0.01). In patients who developed VAP, NBL fluid concentrations of TNFalpha, sTNFalphaRI, IL-1alpha, and IL-1beta increased significantly (P=0.002, P=0.03, P=0.04 and P=0.02, respectively). Furthermore, NBL fluid/plasma concentration ratios for TNFalpha, sTNFalphaRI, IL-1alpha, IL-1Ra and IL-6 increased significantly as VAP developed (P=0.001, P=0.001, P=0.04, P=0.03, and P=0.04, respectively).Conclusion: Our results suggest that the production of important cytokines and cytokine inhibitors is compartmentalised within the lung in critically ill mechanically ventilated patients who develop VAP. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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