title: The relationship between tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha and survival following granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) administration in burn sepsis.
abstract: Blood levels of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha were determined in 78 patients with burn sepsis. Of these patients, 51 were managed with additional administration of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) in addition to routine treatment procedures (group A), while 27 received only routine treatment (group B). G-CSF was administrated for at least nine and at most 14 days; doses were gradually decreased in each 3 day period. On the 1st, 4th, 7th, 10th and 15th days, blood levels of TNF-alpha were determined. We sought to determine whether TNF alpha levels had a prognostic value in the management of burn induced sepsis that was treated with G-CSF. In our study, patients with gradually decreasing TNF-alpha levels in the second 3 day period, were strong candidates for survival, because TNF-alpha levels decreased little in nonsurvivors but decreased greatly in survivors. The survival rate was 42/51 (82.3%) in group A and 9/27 (33.3%) in group B. In conclusion, G-CSF had positive effects on survival, and TNF-alpha was a predictor of prognosis in burn-induced sepsis.
authors.affiliation: Cukurova University Medical School, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Adana, Turkey.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Arslan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yavuz
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dalay
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002056:Burns / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D018805:Sepsis / Q000097:blood* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality; D015996:Survival Rate; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor