title: Effect of peritoneal lavage on TNF-alpha, IL-1beta, and IL-6 levels and mortality in intraabdominal infections.
abstract: The mortality rate of intra-abdominal infections is high, and new prognostic factors are being investigated. Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), interleukin (IL)-1beta, and IL-6 are among these factors. Intraoperative peritoneal lavage is part of surgical treatment for intra-abdominal infection. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of peritoneal lavage on TNF-alpha, IL-1beta, and IL-6 levels and mortality when the source control has or has not been established. Eighty-five rats were divided into control, cecal ligation and puncture, and cecal ligation and puncture with excision groups. The effect of peritoneal lavage on TNF-alpha, IL-1beta, and IL-6 levels and mortality could not be shown in this study.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Hacettepe University Medical School, Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey. Derykarakoc@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Derya
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Karakoc
authors.forename: Iskender
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sayek
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002432:Cecum / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D053583:Interleukin-1beta / Q000032:analysis*; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000032:analysis*; D007813:Laparotomy; D010533:Peritoneal Lavage; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000097:blood*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D053583:Interleukin-1beta; D015850:Interleukin-6; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha