title: Perioperative alteration of neutrophil functions after open heart and other major surgeries. A comparative study.
abstract: The prolonged effects of cardiopulmonary bypass on neutrophil functions, as indicated by the capacity to produce superoxide and leukotrienes, were examined on the first postoperative day in ten patients who underwent open heart surgery and ten who underwent other major surgery. The superoxide and leukotriene C4 producing capacities of the neutrophils were significantly decreased postoperatively in both groups. The leukotriene B4 producing capacity, by contrast, was significantly increased postoperatively. However, there was no significant difference in values between the two groups in the pre- and postoperative periods. In both groups, neutrophil functions were significantly altered on the first postoperative day, but no specific alteration due to open heart surgery was observed.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Surgery, Kumamoto University Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Utoh
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kambara
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Miyauchi
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007975:Leukotriene B4 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000378:metabolism*; D011184:Postoperative Period; D013189:SRS-A / Q000096:biosynthesis; D013481:Superoxides / Q000378:metabolism; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative
chemical_list: D013189:SRS-A; D013481:Superoxides; D007975:Leukotriene B4