Leukocyte depletion during CPB: effects on inflammation and lung function.

Célio Gomes de Amorim1, Luiz Marcelo Sá Malbouisson, Francisco Costa da Silva

  • 1Discipline of Anesthesiology-Instituto do Coração, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, celioamorim@uol.com.br.

Inflammation
|October 5, 2013
PubMed
Summary

Leukocyte filtration during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) temporarily reduced neutrophil counts and improved lung function in coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) patients. However, long-term benefits were not observed, with only transient reductions in IL-10 levels.

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