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Muro I, Qualman AC, Kovacs EJ, Idrovo JP. Burn-Induced Apoptosis in the Livers of Aged Mice Is Associated With Caspase Cleavage of Bcl-xL. J Surg Res 2023; 290:147-155. [PMID: 37267704 PMCID: PMC10330893 DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2023.04.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2022] [Revised: 04/05/2023] [Accepted: 04/29/2023] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Older adult burn victims have poorer outcomes than younger burn victims. The liver is critical for the recovery of patients with burns. Postburn hepatic apoptosis in young individuals compromises liver integrity; however, this pathway has not yet been studied in older individuals. Because aged animals with burns suffer significant liver damage, we hypothesized that apoptosis is altered in these animals and may affect liver function. Understanding postburn hepatic apoptosis and its effects on liver function in aged animals may help improve outcomes in older patients. METHODS We compared the protein and gene expression levels in young and aged mice after a 15% total-body-surface-area burn. Liver and serum samples were collected at different time points after injury. RESULTS Caspase-9 expression in liver tissue was downregulated by 47% in young animals and upregulated by 62% in aged animals 9 h postburn (P < 0.05). The livers of aged mice showed a Bcl-extra-large (Bcl-xL) transcription increase only after 6 h; however, the livers of young mice exhibited 4.3-fold, 14.4-fold, and 7.8-fold Bcl-xL transcription increases at 3, 6, and 9 h postburn, respectively (P < 0.05). The livers of young mice showed no changes in Caspase-9, Caspase-3, or Bcl-xL protein levels during the early postburn period. In contrast, the livers of aged mice contained cleaved caspase-9, reduced full-length caspase-3, and an accumulation of ΔN-Bcl-x at 6 and 9 h postburn (P < 0.05). p21 expression decreased in aged mice; however, it was significantly increased in the liver tissue of young mice postburn (P < 0.05). Serum amyloid A1 and serum amyloid A2 serum protein levels were 5.2- and 3.1-fold higher in young mice than in aged mice, respectively, at 6 and 9 h postburn (P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS Livers of aged mice exhibited different apoptotic processes compared to those of young mice early after burn injury. Collectively, burn-induced liver apoptosis in aged mice compromises hepatic serum protein production.
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- Israel Muro
- Division of G.I., Trauma, and Endocrine Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado
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- Division of G.I., Trauma, and Endocrine Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado
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- Division of G.I., Trauma, and Endocrine Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado; Division of Burn Research, Division of Alcohol Research, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado
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- Division of G.I., Trauma, and Endocrine Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado.
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Hall HR, Mahung C, Dunn JLM, Kartchner LM, Seim RF, Cairns BA, Wallet SM, Maile R. Characterization of the Basal and mTOR-Dependent Acute Pulmonary and Systemic Immune Response in a Murine Model of Combined Burn and Inhalation Injury. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:8779. [PMID: 35955914 PMCID: PMC9368856 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23158779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2022] [Revised: 07/26/2022] [Accepted: 08/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Severe burn injury leads to a cascade of local and systemic immune responses that trigger an extreme state of immune dysfunction, leaving the patient highly susceptible to acute and chronic infection. When combined with inhalation injury, burn patients have higher mortality and a greater chance of developing secondary respiratory complications including infection. No animal model of combined burn and inhalation injury (B+I) exists that accurately mirrors the human clinical picture, nor are there any effective immunotherapies or predictive models of the risk of immune dysfunction. Our earlier work showed that the mechanistic/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway is activated early after burn injury, and its chemical blockade at injury reduced subsequent chronic bacterial susceptibility. It is unclear if mTOR plays a role in the exacerbated immune dysfunction seen after B+I injury. We aimed to: (1) characterize a novel murine model of B+I injury, and (2) investigate the role of mTOR in the immune response after B+I injury. Pulmonary and systemic immune responses to B+I were characterized in the absence or presence of mTOR inhibition at the time of injury. Data describe a murine model of B+I with inhalation-specific immune phenotypes and implicate mTOR in the acute immune dysfunction observed.
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- Hannah R. Hall
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
- North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center, Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center, Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center, Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
- Curriculum in Toxicology and Environmental Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center, Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
- Division of Oral and Craniofacial Health Sciences, University of North Carolina Adams School of Dentistry, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center, Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
- Curriculum in Toxicology and Environmental Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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Dyamenahalli K, Choy K, Frank DN, Najarro K, Boe D, Colborn KL, Idrovo JP, Wagner AL, Wiktor AJ, Afshar M, Burnham EL, McMahan RH, Kovacs EJ. Age and Injury Size Influence the Magnitude of Fecal Dysbiosis in Adult Burn Patients. J Burn Care Res 2022; 43:1145-1153. [PMID: 35020913 PMCID: PMC9435505 DOI: 10.1093/jbcr/irac001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Clinical studies have demonstrated that age 50 years or older is an independent risk factor associated with poor prognosis after burn injury, the second leading cause of traumatic injuries in the aged population. While mechanisms driving age-dependent postburn mortality are perplexing, changes in the intestinal microbiome, may contribute to the heightened, dysregulated systemic response seen in aging burn patients. The fecal microbiome from 22 patients admitted to a verified burn center from July 2018 to February 2019 was stratified based on the age of 50 years and total burn surface area (TBSA) size of ≥10%. Significant differences (P = .014) in overall microbiota community composition (ie, beta diversity) were measured across the four patient groups: young <10% TBSA, young ≥10% TBSA, older <10% TBSA, and older ≥10% TBSA. Differences in beta diversity were driven by %TBSA (P = .013) and trended with age (P = .087). Alpha diversity components, richness, evenness, and Shannon diversity were measured. We observed significant differences in bacterial species evenness (P = .0023) and Shannon diversity (P = .0033) between the groups. There were significant correlations between individual bacterial species and levels of short-chain fatty acids. Specifically, levels of fecal butyrate correlated with the presence of Enterobacteriaceae, an opportunistic gut pathogen, when elevated in burn patients lead to worsen outcomes. Overall, our findings reveal that age-specific changes in the fecal microbiome following burn injuries may contribute to immune system dysregulation in patients with varying TBSA burns and potentially lead to worsened clinical outcomes with heightened morbidity and mortality.
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, USA,Gastrointestinal and Liver and Innate Immunity Program, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, USA,Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center, VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System Research Service, Aurora, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, USA,Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center, VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System Research Service, Aurora, USA
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- Address correspondence to Elizabeth J. Kovacs, PhD, Department of Surgery, GITES, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, 12700 East 19th Ave, RC2, Mail Stop #8620, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
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ABSTRACT Burn injuries are a common form of traumatic injury that leads to significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. Burn injuries are characterized by inflammatory processes and alterations in numerous organ systems and functions. Recently, it has become apparent that the gastrointestinal bacterial microbiome is a key component of regulating the immune response and recovery from burn and can also contribute to significant detrimental sequelae after injury, such as sepsis and multiple organ failure. Microbial dysbiosis has been linked to multiple disease states; however, its role in exacerbating acute traumatic injuries, such as burn, is poorly understood. In this article, we review studies that document changes in the intestinal microbiome after burn injury, assess the implications in post-burn pathogenesis, and the potential for further discovery and research.
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- Marisa E. Luck
- Burn & Shock Trauma Research Institute, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago Health Sciences Division, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
- Alcohol Research Program, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago Health Sciences Division, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
- Integrative Cell Biology Program, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago Health Sciences Division, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
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- Burn & Shock Trauma Research Institute, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago Health Sciences Division, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
- Alcohol Research Program, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago Health Sciences Division, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Program, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago Health Sciences Division, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
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- Burn & Shock Trauma Research Institute, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago Health Sciences Division, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
- Alcohol Research Program, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago Health Sciences Division, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
- Department of Surgery, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago Health Sciences Division, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago Health Sciences Division, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
- Integrative Cell Biology Program, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago Health Sciences Division, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Program, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago Health Sciences Division, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
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Keyloun JW, Le TD, Brummel-Ziedins KE, Mclawhorn MM, Bravo MC, Orfeo T, Johnson LS, Moffatt LT, Pusateri AE, Shupp JW. Inhalation Injury is Associated with Endotheliopathy and Abnormal Fibrinolytic Phenotypes in Burn Patients: A Cohort Study. J Burn Care Res 2021; 43:432-439. [PMID: 34089618 PMCID: PMC8946676 DOI: 10.1093/jbcr/irab102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Burn injury is associated with endothelial dysfunction and coagulopathy and concomitant inhalation injury increases morbidity and mortality. The aim of this work is to identify associations between inhalation injury (IHI), coagulation homeostasis, vascular endothelium, and clinical outcomes in burn patients. One-hundred and twelve patients presenting to a regional burn center were included in this retrospective cohort study. Whole blood was collected at set intervals from admission through 24 hours and underwent viscoelastic assay with rapid TEG (rTEG). Syndecan-1 (SDC-1) on admission was quantified by ELISA. Patients were grouped by the presence (n=28) or absence (n=84) of concomitant IHI and rTEG parameters, fibrinolytic phenotypes, SDC-1, and clinical outcomes were compared. Of the 112 thermally injured patients, 28 (25%) had IHI. Most patients were male (68.8%) with a median age of 40 (IQR, 29-57) years. Patients with IHI had higher overall mortality (42.68% vs. 8.3%; p<0.0001). rTEG LY30 was lower in patients with IHI at hours 4 and 12 (p<0.05). There was a pattern of increased abnormal fibrinolytic phenotypes among IHI patients. There was a greater proportion of IHI patients with endotheliopathy (SDC-1 > 34 ng/mL) (64.7% vs. 26.4%; p=0.008). There was a pattern of increased mortality among patients with inhalation injury and endotheliopathy (0% vs. 72.7%; p=0.004). Significant differences between patients with and without IHI were found in measures assessing fibrinolytic potential and endotheliopathy. Mortality was associated with abnormal fibrinolysis, endotheliopathy, and inhalation injury. However, the extent to which IHI associated dysfunction is independent of TBSA burn size remains to be elucidated.
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- John W Keyloun
- The Burn Center, Department of Surgery, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC.,Firefighters' Burn and Surgical Research Laboratory, MedStar Health Research Institute, Washington, DC
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- U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research, JBSA Fort Sam Houston, TX.,Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Texas Health Science Center, Tyler, TX
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- Firefighters' Burn and Surgical Research Laboratory, MedStar Health Research Institute, Washington, DC
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- Department of Biochemistry, Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Colchester, VT
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- Department of Biochemistry, Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Colchester, VT
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- The Burn Center, Department of Surgery, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC.,Department of Surgery, Georgetown University, Washington, DC
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- Firefighters' Burn and Surgical Research Laboratory, MedStar Health Research Institute, Washington, DC.,Department of Surgery, Georgetown University, Washington, DC.,Department of Biochemistry Georgetown University, Washington, DC
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- The Burn Center, Department of Surgery, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC.,Firefighters' Burn and Surgical Research Laboratory, MedStar Health Research Institute, Washington, DC.,Department of Surgery, Georgetown University, Washington, DC.,Department of Biochemistry Georgetown University, Washington, DC
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Dyamenahalli K, Garg G, Shupp JW, Kuprys PV, Choudhry MA, Kovacs EJ. Inhalation Injury: Unmet Clinical Needs and Future Research. J Burn Care Res 2020; 40:570-584. [PMID: 31214710 DOI: 10.1093/jbcr/irz055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Pulmonary and systemic insults from inhalation injury can complicate the care of burn patients and contribute to significant morbidity and mortality. However, recent progress in diagnosis and treatment of inhalation injury has not kept pace with the care of cutaneous thermal injury. There are many challenges unique to inhalation injury that have slowed advancement, including deficiencies in our understanding of its pathophysiology, the relative difficulty and subjectivity of bronchoscopic diagnosis, the lack of diagnostic biomarkers, the necessarily urgent manner in which decisions are made about intubation, and the lack of universal recommendations for the application of mucolytics, anticoagulants, bronchodilators, modified ventilator strategies, and other measures. This review represents a summary of critical shortcomings in our understanding and management of inhalation injury identified by the American Burn Association's working group on Cutaneous Thermal Injury and Inhalation Injury in 2018. It addresses our current understanding of the diagnosis, pathophysiology, and treatment of inhalation injury and highlights topics in need of additional research, including 1) airway repair mechanisms; 2) the airway microbiome in health and after injury; and 3) candidate biomarkers of inhalation injury.
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- Kiran Dyamenahalli
- Department of Surgery, Division of GI, Trauma and Endocrine Surgery, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora
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- Department of Surgery, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, District of Columbia
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- Department of Surgery, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, District of Columbia
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- Department of Surgery, Burn & Shock Trauma Research Institute, Health Sciences Division, Loyola University, Maywood, Illinois
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- Department of Surgery, Burn & Shock Trauma Research Institute, Health Sciences Division, Loyola University, Maywood, Illinois
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- Department of Surgery, Division of GI, Trauma and Endocrine Surgery, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora
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Ruiz-Castilla M, Dos Santos B, Vizcaíno C, Baena J, Guilabert P, Marin-Corral J, Masclans JR, Roca O, Barret JP. Soluble suppression of tumorigenicity-2 predicts pneumonia in patients with inhalation injury: Results of a pilot study. Burns 2020; 47:906-913. [PMID: 33143991 DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2020.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2020] [Revised: 08/25/2020] [Accepted: 10/08/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Several mechanisms play a role in the development of pneumonia after inhalation injury. Our aim was to analyze whether higher concentrations of inflammatory markers or of biomarkers of epithelial injury are associated with a higher incidence of pneumonia in patients with inhalation injury. MATERIAL AND METHODS Secondary analysis of a single-center prospective observational cohort pilot study, performed over a two-year period (2015-2017) at the Burns Unit of the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Department of Vall d'Hebron University Hospital. All patients aged 18 with suspected inhalation injury undergoing admission to the Burns Unit were included. Plasma biomarkers of the lung epithelium (RAGE and SP-D), inflammation markers (IL6, IL8), and IL33, as well as soluble suppression of tumorigenicity-2 (sST2) levels, were measured within the first 24 h of admission. RESULTS Twenty-four patients with inhalation injury were included. Eight (33.3%) developed pneumonia after a median of 7 (4-8) days of hospital stay. Patients with pneumonia presented higher plasma concentrations of sST2 (2853 [2356-3351] ng/mL vs 1352 [865-1839] ng/mL; p < 0.001), IL33 (1.95 [1.31-2.59] pg/mL vs 1.26 [1.07-1.45] pg/mL; p = 0.002) and IL8 (325.7 [221.6-430.0] pg/mL vs 174.1 [95.2-253.0] pg/mL; p = 0.017) on day 1 of inclusion. Plasma sST2 concentration in the first 24 h demonstrated excellent diagnostic accuracy for predicting the occurrence of pneumonia in patients with smoke inhalation (AUROC 0.929 [95%CI 0.818-1.000]). A cutoff point of ≥2825 ng/mL for sST2 had a sensitivity of 75% and a specificity of 100%. The risk ratio of pneumonia in patients with sST2 ≥ 2825 ng/mL was 7.14 ([95% CI 1.56-32.61]; p = 0.016). CONCLUSIONS Plasma sST2 in the first 24 h of admission predicts the occurrence of pneumonia in patients with inhalation injury.
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- Mireia Ruiz-Castilla
- Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Department, Hospital Quirónsalud Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Department and Burns Unit, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain.
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- Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Department and Burns Unit, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain
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- Critical Care Department, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain
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- Critical Care Department, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain
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- Anesthesiology Department, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain
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- Critical Care Department, Parc de Salut Mar (Hospital del Mar) de Barcelona, IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), Barcelona, Spain
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- Critical Care Department, Parc de Salut Mar (Hospital del Mar) de Barcelona, IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), Barcelona, Spain; Ciber Enfermedades Respiratorias (Ciberes), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Critical Care Department, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain; Ciber Enfermedades Respiratorias (Ciberes), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Department and Burns Unit, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain
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Kowal-Vern A, Dennis AJ, Bourdon P, Casey LE, Latenser BA. Bronchoalveolar lavage and plasma Antithrombin and cytokines in inhalation and burn injury: a pilot study. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BURNS AND TRAUMA 2020; 10:255-262. [PMID: 33224614 PMCID: PMC7675199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2020] [Accepted: 08/25/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) is initiated during the acute phase of thermal injury. The objective was to determine the SIRS impact on cytokine and Antithrombin (AT) levels in smoke inhalation and burn injury. This observational pilot study compared plasma and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BAL) cytokine and AT levels in the first six days post smoke inhalation and burn injury. Twenty-five patients, 14 with inhalation + burn injury > 10% total body surface area (TBSA) and 11 with inhalation injury and ≤ 10% TBSA participated. Human Th1/Th2 cytometric bead array kit from BD Biosciences Pharmingen determined cytokine levels; AT levels with Sigma Diagnostics and spectrophotometry. Results indicated no significant age difference between the two groups (42.1 ± 7.2) versus 49.6 ± 6.4 years. On admission, the inhalation group had 5.4 ± 3.9% TBSA compared to 35.0 ± 22.2% TBSA in the inhalation + burn group, P < 0.001. Comparing groups, AT plasma levels were significantly decreased (P = 0.025) and IL-2 levels significantly increased (P = 0.025) in the inhalation + burn group compared to the inhalation group; there was no significant difference in BAL AT or cytokine levels. Combined group plasma AT levels (65.41 ± 4.44%) were significantly increased compared to BAL AT levels (1.06 ± 0.71%), P < 0.001. In contrast, BAL TNF-α levels (35.61 ± 16.01 pg/ml) were significantly increased in relation to the plasma levels (4.68 ± 1.27 pg/ml), P = 0.02. On days 1-2, AT plasma levels were significantly decreased in the inhalation + burn group (41.01 ± 5.24%) compared to the inhalation group (81.02 ± 10.99%), P = 0.002. IL-6 plasma levels were higher in the inhalation + burn group compared to the inhalation group on admission, but both levels decreased by days 3-6. IL-6 BAL levels were elevated in both groups on days 1-2 and decreased by days 3-6. In the first six days of resuscitation, all plasma cytokines were increased in the two groups compared to controls. AT plasma and BAL levels were significantly reduced in both groups, contributing to the coagulopathy. Increased BAL TNF-α and IL-6 levels may have contributed to the pulmonary perturbations during the initial SIRS response in both groups.
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- Areta Kowal-Vern
- Department of Research, Arizona Burn Center, Valleywise Health Medical CenterPhoenix, AZ, USA
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- Burn Center, Department of Trauma, John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook CountyChicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Mathematics, University of VirginiaCharlottesville, VA, USA
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- Burn Center, Department of Trauma, John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook CountyChicago, IL, USA
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Coulter MJ, Mickelson RC, Dye JL, Shannon KB, Ambrosio AA. Serious Inhalation Injuries From Military Operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria. J Intensive Care Med 2020; 36:1061-1065. [PMID: 32914702 DOI: 10.1177/0885066620956618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To characterize serious inhalation injuries seen during recent military operations, and assess whether bronchoscopic severity findings were associated with clinical presentation and outcomes. METHODS Service members who suffered inhalation injuries while deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan, or Syria from 2001-2018 were identified using ICD-9 and 10 codes from the Expeditionary Medical Encounter Database (EMED), which is abstracted from patient records in forward-deployed medical facilities. Further information including demographics, mechanism of injury, mortality, total burn surface area (TBSA), degree of facial burn, total Injury Severity Score (ISS), and first post-injury bronchoscopy notes were collected. Patients were excluded with ISS less than 16 or without sufficient details regarding bronchoscopy. Injuries were grouped based on bronchoscopic Abbreviated Injury Scores (AIS) into low-grade (AIS of 1), moderate-grade (AIS of 2), or high-grade (AIS of 3 or 4). RESULTS 91 patients met inclusion criteria, with no significant differences in age, gender, paygrade, or service branch between degrees of injury. There were no statistical correlations between grade of injury and battle versus non-battle injury, blast versus non-blast mechanism, TBSA, or degree of facial burn. High-grade injuries had significantly higher ISS than low or moderate-grade injuries. After adjusting for ISS, the odds ratio of death was 10.4 (95% CI 1.47 to 74.53) for those with high-grade and 3.7 (95% CI 0.45 to 32.30) for those with moderate-grade compared to low-grade injuries. CONCLUSION In this cohort of deployed military members with inhalation injuries, initial bronchoscopic severity findings are strongly associated with mortality even after adjusting for ISS. The AIS may be an important prognostic tool in all of those with serious inhalation injuries.
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- Michael J Coulter
- Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, 19938Naval Medical Center, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, 19938Naval Medical Center, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Leidos, San Diego, CA, USA.,Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, CA, USA.,Axiom Resource Management, Inc, Falls Church, VA, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, 19938Naval Medical Center, San Diego, CA, USA.,Virtual Medical Center Indo-Pacific, 19938Naval Medical Center San Diego, CA, USA
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Mercel AI, Gillis DC, Sun K, Dandurand BR, Weiss JM, Tsihlis ND, Maile R, Kibbe MR. A comparative study of a preclinical survival model of smoke inhalation injury in mice and rats. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2020; 319:L471-L480. [PMID: 32697601 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00241.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Smoke inhalation injury increases morbidity and mortality. Clinically relevant animal models are necessary for the continued investigation of the pathophysiology of inhalation injury and the development of therapeutics. The goal of our research was threefold: 1) to develop a reproducible survival model of smoke inhalation injury in rats that closely resembled our previous mouse model, 2) to validate the rat smoke inhalation injury model using a variety of laboratory techniques, and 3) to compare and contrast our rat model with both the well-established mouse model and previously published rat models to highlight our improvements on smoke delivery and lung injury. Mice and rats were anesthetized, intubated, and placed in custom-built smoke chambers to passively inhale woodchip-generated smoke. Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) and lung tissue were collected for confirmatory tests. Lung sections were hematoxylin and eosin stained, lung edema was assessed with wet-to-dry (W/D) ratio, and inflammatory cell infiltration and cytokine elevation were evaluated using flow cytometry, immunohistochemistry, and ELISA. We confirmed that our mouse and rat models of smoke inhalation injury mimic the injury seen after human burn inhalation injury with evidence of pulmonary edema, neutrophil infiltration, and inflammatory cytokine elevation. Interestingly, rats mounted a more severe immunological response compared with mice. In summary, we successfully validated a reliable and clinically translatable survival model of lung injury and immune response in rats and mice and characterized the extent of this injury. These animal models allow for the continued study of smoke inhalation pathophysiology to ultimately develop a better therapeutic.
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- Alexandra I Mercel
- Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.,Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.,Curriculum of Toxicology and Environmental Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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Effects of Multiday Ethanol Intoxication on Postburn Inflammation, Lung Function, and Alveolar Macrophage Phenotype. Shock 2020; 51:625-633. [PMID: 29846360 DOI: 10.1097/shk.0000000000001188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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Burn patients who consumed alcohol before injury have worse clinical outcomes, including longer hospital stays, increased ventilator days, and more respiratory infections. Most alcohol consumers are binge drinkers and not chronic alcoholics, and binge drinking patterns fluctuate over the week, with consecutive days of drinking over the weekend followed by relative abstinence during the week. We used a murine model simulating this drinking pattern in the context of burn injury. Mice were given ethanol for 3 days, rested for 4 days, given ethanol for 3 more days, followed by a sham or 15% total body surface area full-thickness burn. We previously demonstrated that mice exposed to the combined insult exhibited respiratory dysfunction and 50% mortality, with those that succumbed to injury dying between 24 and 72 h, thus identifying a therapeutic intervention window. Our goal herein is to characterize inflammatory and respiratory parameters during this critical time frame. We saw that mice exposed to the combined insult had the highest circulating and pulmonary cytokine levels at 24 h, which were normalized by 72 h in survivors. Alveolar macrophage activation was observed at 24 h in burned mice, regardless of intoxication (P < 0.05). However, at 72 h, alveolar macrophages from intoxicated burned mice had elevated CD206, relative to controls (P < 0.05), indicative of an anti-inflammatory phenotype. Taken together, these findings suggest that although lung function and inflammation are normalized by 72 h, the alterations in alveolar macrophage phenotype shed light on a potential mechanism underlying increased infection susceptibility in intoxicated burn patients.
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Moffatt LT, Madrzykowski D, Gibson ALF, Powell HM, Cancio LC, Wade CE, Choudhry MA, Kovacs EJ, Finnerty CC, Majetschak M, Shupp JW. Standards in Biologic Lesions: Cutaneous Thermal Injury and Inhalation Injury Working Group 2018 Meeting Proceedings. J Burn Care Res 2020; 41:604-611. [PMID: 32011688 PMCID: PMC7195554 DOI: 10.1093/jbcr/irz207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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On August 27 and 28, 2018, the American Burn Association, in conjunction with Underwriters Laboratories, convened a group of experts on burn and inhalation injury in Washington, DC. The goal of the meeting was to identify and discuss the existing knowledge, data, and modeling gaps related to understanding cutaneous thermal injury and inhalation injury due to exposure from a fire environment, and in addition, address two more areas proposed by the American Burn Association Research Committee that are critical to burn care but may have current translational research gaps (inflammatory response and hypermetabolic response). Representatives from the Underwriters Laboratories Firefighter Safety Research Institute and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Fire Research Laboratory presented the state of the science in their fields, highlighting areas that required further investigation and guidance from the burn community. Four areas were discussed by the full 24 participant group and in smaller groups: Basic and Translational Understanding of Inhalation Injury, Thermal Contact and Resulting Injury, Systemic Inflammatory Response and Resuscitation, and Hypermetabolic Response and Healing. A primary finding was the need for validating historic models to develop a set of reliable data on contact time and temperature and resulting injury. The working groups identified common areas of focus across each subtopic, including gaining an understanding of individual response to injury that would allow for precision medicine approaches. Predisposed phenotype in response to insult, the effects of age and sex, and the role of microbiomes could all be studied by employing multi-omic (systems biology) approaches.
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- Lauren T Moffatt
- Firefighters’ Burn and Surgical Research Laboratory, MedStar Health Research Institute, Washington, DC
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular and Cellular Biology, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC
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- Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
- Research Department, Shriners Hospitals for Children, Cincinnati, OH
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- United States Army Institute of Surgical Research, JBSA Fort Sam Houston, TX
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- Center for Translational Injury Research (CeTIR), Department of Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX
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- Department of Surgery, Burn & Shock Trauma Research Institute, Health Sciences Division, Loyola University, Maywood, IL
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- Department of Surgery, Division of GI, Trauma and Endocrine Surgery, University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora CO
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- Departments of Surgery and Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, University of Texas Medical Branch and Shriners Burns Hospital, Galveston TX
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- Departments of Surgery and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
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- Firefighters’ Burn and Surgical Research Laboratory, MedStar Health Research Institute, Washington, DC
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular and Cellular Biology, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC
- The Burn Center, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington DC
- Department of Surgery, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC
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Sakuma M, Khan MAS, Yasuhara S, Martyn JA, Palaniyar N. Mechanism of pulmonary immunosuppression: extrapulmonary burn injury suppresses bacterial endotoxin-induced pulmonary neutrophil recruitment and neutrophil extracellular trap (NET) formation. FASEB J 2019; 33:13602-13616. [PMID: 31577450 PMCID: PMC6894048 DOI: 10.1096/fj.201901098r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2019] [Accepted: 09/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Pulmonary immunosuppression often occurs after burn injury (BI). However, the reasons for BI-induced pulmonary immunosuppression are not clearly understood. Neutrophil recruitment and neutrophil extracellular trap (NET) formation (NETosis) are important components of a robust pulmonary immune response, and we hypothesized that pulmonary inflammation and NETosis are defective after BI. To test this hypothesis, we established a mouse model with intranasal LPS instillation in the presence or absence of BI (15% of body surface burn) and determined the degree of immune cell infiltration, NETosis, and the cytokine levels in the airways and blood on d 2. Presence of LPS recruited monocytes and large numbers of neutrophils to the airways and induced NETosis (citrullinated histone H3, DNA, myeloperoxidase). By contrast, BI significantly reduced LPS-mediated leukocyte recruitment and NETosis. This BI-induced immunosuppression is attributable to the reduction of chemokine (C-C motif) ligand (CCL) 2 (monocyte chemoattractant protein 1) and CCL3 (macrophage inflammatory protein 1α). BI also suppressed LPS-induced increase in IL-17A, IL-17C, and IL-17E/IL-25 levels in the airways. Therefore, BI-mediated reduction in leukocyte recruitment and NETosis in the lungs are attributable to these cytokines. Regulating the levels of some of these key cytokines represents a potential therapeutic option for mitigating BI-mediated pulmonary immunosuppression.-Sakuma, M., Khan, M. A. S., Yasuhara, S., Martyn, J. A., Palaniyar, N. Mechanism of pulmonary immunosuppression: extrapulmonary burn injury suppresses bacterial endotoxin-induced pulmonary neutrophil recruitment and neutrophil extracellular trap (NET) formation.
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- Miyuki Sakuma
- Massachusetts General Hospital and Shriners Hospitals for Children–Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Massachusetts General Hospital and Shriners Hospitals for Children–Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Massachusetts General Hospital and Shriners Hospitals for Children–Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Massachusetts General Hospital and Shriners Hospitals for Children–Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Massachusetts General Hospital and Shriners Hospitals for Children–Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Deutsch C, Tan A, Smailes S, Dziewulski P. The diagnosis and management of inhalation injury: An evidence based approach. Burns 2018; 44:1040-1051. [DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2017.11.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2017] [Revised: 10/03/2017] [Accepted: 11/20/2017] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Mueller SW, Baumgartner LJ, MacLaren R, Neumann R, Wiktor AJ, Kiser TH, Lindberg G, Cava L, Fish DN, Janoff EN. Divergent humoral responses to 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine in critically-ill burn and neurosurgical patients. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0197037. [PMID: 29758059 PMCID: PMC5951595 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0197037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2017] [Accepted: 04/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Critically ill hospitalized patients are at increased risk of infection so we assessed the immunogenicity of 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPSV23) administered within six days of injury. METHODS This prospective observational study compared the immunogenicity of PPSV23 among critically ill burn and neurosurgical patients at a tertiary, academic medical center. Patients received PPSV23 vaccination within six days of ICU admission per standard of care. Consent was obtained to measure concentrations of vaccine-specific IgG to 14 of 23 serotype capsule-specific IgG in serum prior to and 14-35 days following PPSV23. A successful immunologic response was defined as both a ≥2-fold rise in capsule-specific IgG from baseline and concentrations of >1 mcg/mL to 10 of 14 measured vaccine serotypes. Immunologic response was compared between burn and neurosurgical patients. Multiple variable regression methods were used to explore associations of clinical and laboratory parameters to immunologic responses. RESULTS Among the 16 burn and 27 neurosurgical patients enrolled, 87.5% and 40.7% generated a successful response to the vaccine, respectively (p = 0.004). Both median post-PPSV23 IgG concentrations (7.79 [4.56-18.1] versus 2.93 [1.49-8.01] mcg/mL; p = 0.006) and fold rises (10.66 [7.44-14.56] versus 3.48 [1.13-6.59]; p<0.001) were significantly greater in burn compared with neurosurgical patients. Presence of burn injury was directly and days from injury to immunization were inversely correlated with successful immunologic response (both p<0.03). Burn injury was associated with both increased median antibody levels post-PPSV23 and fold rise to 14 vaccine serotypes (p<0.03), whereas absolute lymphocyte count was inversely correlated with median antibody concentrations (p = 0.034). CONCLUSION Critically ill burn patients can generate successful responses to PPSV23 during acute injury whereas responses among neurosurgical patients is comparatively blunted. Further study is needed to elucidate the mechanisms of differential antigen responsiveness in these populations, including the role of acute stress responses, as well as the durability of these antibody responses.
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- Scott W. Mueller
- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Touro University California College of Pharmacy, Vallejo, California, United States of America
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America
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- Department of Surgery, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado United States of America
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America
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- Department of Surgery, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado United States of America
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America
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- Division of Infectious Disease, Mucosal and Vaccine Research Program Colorado (MAVRC), University of Colorado School of Medicine and Denver Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America
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Costa DL, Santos TDD, Real AA, Sbruzzi G, Pasqualoto AS, Albuquerque IMD. Acute clinical manifestations in toxic smoke inhalation victims: systematic review of observational studies. FISIOTERAPIA EM MOVIMENTO 2018. [DOI: 10.1590/1980-5918.031.ao03] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Abstract Introduction: Lung injuries from toxic smoke inhalation are the main causes of death in fire victims; however, information regarding the acute effects on the respiratory system after smoke inhalation and its constituents in closed environments are still scarce in literature. Objective: To investigate the acute clinical manifestations observed in victims of smoke inhalation during enclosed-space fires by means of systematic review. Methods: A systematic search was conducted in the following databases: MEDLINE (via PubMed), Lilacs, Scopus and Web of Science. There were no appliedrestrictions in terms of thepublication date. In addition, a manual search was performed on the references of published studies. Observational studies assessing the prevalence of acute clinical manifestations in victims of toxic smoke inhalation in closed environments were included. Results: Of the 4,603 articles identified, eight were included, comprising a total of 233 patients. The signs and symptoms were identified and ranked according to frequency. Dyspnea (58.80%, six studies), carbonaceous sputum (54.51%, four studies), hoarseness (39.91%, three studies), wheezing (34.33%, five studies) and sore throat (33.90%, two studies) were the most frequent acute clinical manifestations of smoke inhalation. Besides these, chest pain and pulmonary edema were observed, respectively in 13.30%, 5.15% of the studies. Conclusion: The results suggest that dyspnea, carbonaceous sputum, hoarseness, wheezing and sore throat were the most frequent acute clinical manifestations in victims of smoke inhalation. Further studies of a higher level of evidence and greater methodological rigor are required.
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This article summarizes research conducted over the last decade in the field of inhalation injury in thermally injured patients. This includes brief summaries of the findings of the 2006 State of the Science meeting with regard to inhalation injury, and of the subsequent 2007 Inhalation Injury Consensus Conference. The reviewed studies are categorized in to five general areas: diagnosis and grading; mechanical ventilation; systemic and inhalation therapy; mechanistic alterations; and outcomes.
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Dunn JLM, Kartchner LB, Stepp WH, Glenn LI, Malfitano MM, Jones SW, Doerschuk CM, Maile R, Cairns BA. Blocking CXCL1-dependent neutrophil recruitment prevents immune damage and reduces pulmonary bacterial infection after inhalation injury. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2018; 314:L822-L834. [PMID: 29368547 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00272.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Smoke inhalation associated with structural fires, wildfires, or explosions leads to lung injury, for which innovative and clinically relevant animal models are needed to develop effective therapeutics. We have previously reported that damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) and anti-inflammatory cytokines correlate with infectious complications in patients diagnosed with inhalational injury. In this study, we describe a novel and translational murine model of acute inhalational injury characterized by an accumulation of protein and neutrophils in the bronchoalveolar space, as well as histological evidence of tissue damage. Mice were anesthetized, and a cannula was placed in the trachea and exposed to smoldering plywood smoke three times for 2-min intervals in a smoke chamber. Here we demonstrate that this model recapitulates clinically relevant phenotypes, including early release of double-stranded DNA (dsDNA), IL-10, monocyte chemoattractant protein (MCP)-1, and CXCL1 along with neutrophilia early after injury, accompanied by subsequent susceptibility to opportunistic infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Further investigation of the model, and in turn a reanalysis of patient samples, revealed a late release of the DAMP hyaluronic acid (HA) from the lung. Using nitric oxide synthase-deficient mice, we found that Nos2 was required for increases in IL-10, MCP-1, and HA following injury but not release of dsDNA, CXCL1 expression, early neutrophilia, or susceptibility to opportunistic infection. Depletion of CXCL1 attenuated early neutrophil recruitment, leading to decreased histopathology scores and improved bacterial clearance in this model of smoke inhalation. Together, these data highlight the potential therapeutic benefit of attenuating neutrophil recruitment in the first 24 h after injury in patients.
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- Julia L M Dunn
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill, North Carolina.,Department of Surgery, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill, North Carolina.,Department of Surgery, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill, North Carolina.,Department of Surgery, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Department of Surgery, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill, North Carolina.,Jaycee Burn Center, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Department of Medicine and Pathology, Center for Airway Disease, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill, North Carolina.,Marsico Lung Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill, North Carolina.,Department of Surgery, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill, North Carolina.,Jaycee Burn Center, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill, North Carolina.,Department of Surgery, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill, North Carolina.,Jaycee Burn Center, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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Gupta K, Mehrotra M, Kumar P, Gogia AR, Prasad A, Fisher JA. Smoke Inhalation Injury: Etiopathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Management. Indian J Crit Care Med 2018; 22:180-188. [PMID: 29657376 PMCID: PMC5879861 DOI: 10.4103/ijccm.ijccm_460_17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Smoke inhalation injury is a major determinant of morbidity and mortality in fire victims. It is a complex multifaceted injury affecting initially the airway; however, in short time, it can become a complex life-threatening systemic disease affecting every organ in the body. In this review, we provide a summary of the underlying pathophysiology of organ dysfunction and provide an up-to-date survey of the various critical care modalities that have been found beneficial in caring for these patients. Major pathophysiological change is development of edema in the respiratory tract. The tracheobronchial tree is injured by steam and toxic chemicals, leading to bronchoconstriction. Lung parenchyma is damaged by the release of proteolytic elastases, leading to release of inflammatory mediators, increase in transvascular flux of fluids, and development of pulmonary edema and atelectasis. Decreased levels of surfactant and immunomodulators such as interleukins and tumor-necrosis-factor-α accentuate the injury. A primary survey is conducted at the site of fire, to ensure adequate airway, breathing, and circulation. A good intravenous access is obtained for the administration of resuscitation fluids. Early intubation, preferably with fiberoptic bronchoscope, is prudent before development of airway edema. Bronchial hygiene is maintained, which involves therapeutic coughing, chest physiotherapy, deep breathing exercises, and early ambulation. Pharmacological agents such as beta-2 agonists, racemic epinephrine, N-acetyl cysteine, and aerosolized heparin are used for improving oxygenation of lungs. Newer agents being tested are perfluorohexane, porcine pulmonary surfactant, and ClearMate. Early diagnosis and treatment of smoke inhalation injury are the keys for better outcome.
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- Kapil Gupta
- Department of Anaesthesia, Vardhaman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Anesthesia, Integral Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Sinai Health Systems, Chicago, USA
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- Department of Anaesthesia, Vardhaman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Anaesthesia, University Health Network, and University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Anaesthesia, University Health Network, and University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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Frankel JH, Boe DM, Albright JM, O'Halloran EB, Carter SR, Davis CS, Ramirez L, Burnham EL, Gamelli RL, Afshar M, Kovacs EJ. Age-related immune responses after burn and inhalation injury are associated with altered clinical outcomes. Exp Gerontol 2017; 105:78-86. [PMID: 29080833 DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2017.10.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2017] [Revised: 10/20/2017] [Accepted: 10/23/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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This prospective study aimed to address changes in inflammatory response between different aged populations of patients who sustained burn and inhalation injury. Plasma and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) samples were collected from 104 patients within 15h of their estimated time of burn injury. Clinical variables, laboratory parameters, and immune mediator profiles were examined in association with clinical outcomes. Older patients were at higher odds for death after burn injury (odds ratio (OR)=7.37 per 10years, p=0.004). In plasma collected within 15h after burn injury, significant increases in the concentrations of interleukin 1 receptor antagonist (IL-1RA), interleukin 2 (IL-2), interleukin 4 (IL-4), interleukin 6 (IL-6), granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF), interferon-gamma-induced protein 10 (IP-10) and monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 (MCP-1) (p<0.05 for all) were observed in the ≥65 group. In the BAL fluid, MCP-1 was increased three-fold in the ≥65 group. This study suggests that changes in certain immune mediators were present in the older cohort, in association with in-hospital mortality.
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- John H Frankel
- Burn Research Program, Department of Surgery, University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Burn Research Program, Department of Surgery, University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA; Immunology Graduate Program, University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA; Department of Surgery, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL, USA; Alcohol Research Program, Burn and Shock Trauma Research Institute, Department of Surgery, Loyola University Chicago Health Sciences Campus, Maywood, IL, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL, USA; Alcohol Research Program, Burn and Shock Trauma Research Institute, Department of Surgery, Loyola University Chicago Health Sciences Campus, Maywood, IL, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL, USA; Alcohol Research Program, Burn and Shock Trauma Research Institute, Department of Surgery, Loyola University Chicago Health Sciences Campus, Maywood, IL, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL, USA; Alcohol Research Program, Burn and Shock Trauma Research Institute, Department of Surgery, Loyola University Chicago Health Sciences Campus, Maywood, IL, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL, USA; Alcohol Research Program, Burn and Shock Trauma Research Institute, Department of Surgery, Loyola University Chicago Health Sciences Campus, Maywood, IL, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL, USA
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- Burn Research Program, Department of Surgery, University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA; Colorado Alcohol Pulmonary Research Collaborative, University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL, USA; Alcohol Research Program, Burn and Shock Trauma Research Institute, Department of Surgery, Loyola University Chicago Health Sciences Campus, Maywood, IL, USA; Division of Public Health Sciences, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL, USA
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- Burn Research Program, Department of Surgery, University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA; Immunology Graduate Program, University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA; Department of Surgery, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL, USA; Colorado Alcohol Pulmonary Research Collaborative, University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA; Alcohol Research Program, Burn and Shock Trauma Research Institute, Department of Surgery, Loyola University Chicago Health Sciences Campus, Maywood, IL, USA.
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Jones SW, Williams FN, Cairns BA, Cartotto R. Inhalation Injury: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment. Clin Plast Surg 2017; 44:505-511. [PMID: 28576239 DOI: 10.1016/j.cps.2017.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The classic determinants of mortality from severe burn injury are age, size of injury, delays of resuscitation, and the presence of inhalation injury. Of the major determinants of mortality, inhalation injury remains one of the most challenging injuries for burn care providers. Patients with inhalation injury are at increased risk for pneumonia (the leading cause of death) and multisystem organ failure. There is no consensus among leading burn care centers in the management of inhalation injury. This article outlines the current treatment algorithms and the evidence of their efficacy.
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- Samuel W Jones
- Department of Surgery, North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 3007D Burnett Womack Building, CB 7206, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7206, USA.
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- Department of Surgery, North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 3007D Burnett Womack Building, CB 7206, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7206, USA
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- Department of Surgery, North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 3007D Burnett Womack Building, CB 7206, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7206, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Ross Tilley Burn Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Room D712, 1075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M4N 3M5, Canada
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Burmeister DM, McIntyre MK, Beely B, Jordan B, Walker KP, Aden JK, Batchinsky A, Chung KK, Cancio LC, Christy RJ. A model of recovery from inhalation injury and cutaneous burn in ambulatory swine. Burns 2017; 43:1295-1305. [PMID: 28410931 DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2017.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2016] [Revised: 03/09/2017] [Accepted: 03/13/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Inhalation injury commonly accompanies thermal injury, increasing the likelihood of mortality and multiple organ dysfunction (MOD). Large animal models have given important insight into the pathophysiology of this injury; however recapitulating late MOD has remained difficult. The current report describes experiments using a smoke inhalation and burn model, with follow-up of ambulatory swine for 14days with bronchoscopy, CT scanning, and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF)/blood collection. Clinically, animals cleared airway damage in the first several days after-injury. This was mirrored with erythematous airways on day 2 after-injury, which resolved by the end of the experiment, as did parenchymal damage seen on CT. An initial rise in the protein content of BALF immediately after-injury was followed by a dramatic increase in the concentration of leukocytes. Circulating neutrophils increased while lymphocytes decreased; both correlated with cell counts in BALF. IL8 levels in BALF increased 30-fold and remained elevated throughout the experiment. IL1ra increased circulation immediately after-injury, and afterwards in BALF. Other cytokines (TNFα, IL12) transiently increased in BALF (and decreased in circulation) on day 2. Taken together, these results display a remarkable capability for the lungs to recover in the absence of intubation, with further evidence of the role of cytokines such as IL8 and IL1ra. The possible exacerbating effects of clinical practices such as ventilation and bronchoscopies should be considered.
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- United States Army Institute of Surgical Research, United States; The Geneva Foundation, Tacoma WA, United States
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- United States Army Institute of Surgical Research, United States
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- United States Army Institute of Surgical Research, United States
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- United States Army Institute of Surgical Research, United States
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- United States Army Institute of Surgical Research, United States; The Geneva Foundation, Tacoma WA, United States
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- United States Army Institute of Surgical Research, United States
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- United States Army Institute of Surgical Research, United States.
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Intratracheal Instillation of Perfluorohexane Modulates the Pulmonary Immune Microenvironment by Attenuating Early Inflammatory Factors in Patients With Smoke Inhalation Injury. J Burn Care Res 2017; 38:251-259. [DOI: 10.1097/bcr.0000000000000496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Hazeldine J, Hampson P, Lord JM. The diagnostic and prognostic value of systems biology research in major traumatic and thermal injury: a review. BURNS & TRAUMA 2016; 4:33. [PMID: 27672669 PMCID: PMC5030723 DOI: 10.1186/s41038-016-0059-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2016] [Accepted: 08/09/2016] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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As secondary complications remain a significant cause of morbidity and mortality amongst hospitalised trauma patients, the need to develop novel approaches by which to identify patients at risk of adverse outcome is becoming increasingly important. Centred on the idea that patients who experience “poor” outcome post trauma elicit a response to injury that is distinct from those who experience “good” outcome, tailored therapeutics is an emerging concept aimed at improving current treatment regimens by promoting patient-specific therapies. Making use of recent advancements in the fields of genomics, proteomics and metabolomics, numerous groups have undertaken a systems-based approach to analysing the acute immune and inflammatory response to major traumatic and thermal injury in an attempt to uncover a single or combination of biomarkers that can identify patients at risk of adverse outcome. Early results are encouraging, with all three approaches capable of discriminating patients with “good” outcome from those who develop nosocomial infections, sepsis and multiple organ failure, with differences apparent in blood samples acquired as early as 2 h post injury. In particular, genomic data is proving to be highly informative, identifying patients at risk of “poor” outcome with a higher degree of sensitivity and specificity than statistical models built upon data obtained from existing anatomical and physiological scoring systems. Here, focussing predominantly upon human-based research, we provide an overview of the findings of studies that have investigated the immune and inflammatory response to major traumatic and thermal injury at the genomic, protein and metabolite level, and consider both the diagnostic and prognostic potential of these approaches.
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- Jon Hazeldine
- NIHR Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre, Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, Birmingham University Medical School, Birmingham, B15 2TT UK
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- NIHR Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre, Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, Birmingham University Medical School, Birmingham, B15 2TT UK ; Healing Foundation Centre for Burns Research, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, B15 2WB UK
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- NIHR Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre, Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, Birmingham University Medical School, Birmingham, B15 2TT UK
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Mécanismes de toxicité des fumées d’incendie (monoxyde de carbone et cyanures exclus). MEDECINE INTENSIVE REANIMATION 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s13546-016-1212-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Alteration of Leukocyte Count Correlates With Increased Pulmonary Vascular Permeability and Decreased PaO2:FiO2 Ratio Early After Major Burns. J Burn Care Res 2016; 36:484-92. [PMID: 25501784 DOI: 10.1097/bcr.0000000000000211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Leukocytes are activated systemically and their numbers increase soon after a burn followed by a rapid decline to low normal or subnormal levels, possibly by increased extravasation. Experimental data support that an important target for such extravasation is the lungs and that leukocytes when they adhere to endothelial cells cause an increase in vascular permeability. The authors investigated a possible relation between early increased pulmonary vascular permeability or a decreased PaO2:FiO2 ratio and the dynamic change in concentration of blood leukocytes after a burn. This is a prospective, exploratory, single-center study. The authors measured the dynamic changes of leukocytes in blood starting early after the burn, pulmonary vascular permeability index by thermodilution, and PaO2:FiO2-ratios in 20 patients during the first 21 days after a major burn (>20% TBSA%). Median TBSA was 40% interquartile range (IQR, 25-52) and full thickness burn 28% (IQR, 2-39). There was a correlation between the early (<24 hours) alteration in white blood cell count and both early increased pulmonary vascular permeability (r = .63, P = .004) and the decreased oxygenation index defined as PaO2:FiO2 < 27 kPa (P = .004). The authors have documented a correlation between dynamic change of blood leukocytes and pulmonary failure early after burns.
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Ruiz-Castilla M, Roca O, Masclans JR, Barret JP. Recent Advances in Biomarkers in Severe Burns. Shock 2016; 45:117-25. [DOI: 10.1097/shk.0000000000000497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Intraalveolar TNF-α in combined burn and inhalation injury compared with intraalveolar interleukin-6. J Burn Care Res 2015; 36:e55-61. [PMID: 25522155 DOI: 10.1097/bcr.0000000000000108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The objective of this study was to evaluate the role of intraalveolar tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) in a combination of skin burn and smoke inhalation injuries because this combined trauma is associated with an increased morbidity and mortality compared with either of these traumas alone. We used a standardized small animal model (rats n = 84) to investigate the early intraalveolar excretion of TNF-α during the first one, three, and six hours after a singular skin burn injury, singular smoke inhalation injury, and a combination involving both the traumas. The data were compared with the data from control rats that only received preparation and mechanical ventilation. The TNF-α serum levels and intraalveolar IL-6 concentrations were also measured. One hour after trauma, there was a significant difference in the TNF-α concentration between the controls and both the singular traumas (control vs burn P < .0444 and control vs smoke P < .005) and between the inhalation injury and the combined trauma (smoke vs burn + smoke P < .0084). After three and six hours, no significant differences among the groups were observed. Compared with the controls, both the singular skin burn and smoke inhalation injuries led to increased intraalveolar TNF-α excretion, whereas the combined trauma showed the least intraalveolar TNF-α levels at three and six hours post-trauma. These findings differed from the serum TNF-α levels. Compared with the IL-6 levels, we observed a negative correlation within the intraalveolar cytokine concentrations after one hour (r = -.809), three hours (r = -.627), and six hours (r = -.746). This study confirms the importance of the intraalveolar cytokine reaction in the early posttraumatic stage after a combined burn and inhalation injury. The differences between the combined and singular traumas indicate that TNF-α plays a role in the immunologic hyporesponsiveness of the lung and therefore in the systemic pathophysiological pathway, that often leads to patient mortality. In addition, an inverse correlation between TNF-α and IL-6, both classical markers of inflammation, in the intraalveolar space was observed.
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Role of fiberoptic bronchoscopy in management of smoke inhalation lung injury. EGYPTIAN JOURNAL OF CHEST DISEASES AND TUBERCULOSIS 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcdt.2015.03.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Blet A, Benyamina M, Legrand M. Manifestations respiratoires précoces d’un patient brûlé grave. MEDECINE INTENSIVE REANIMATION 2015; 24:433-443. [PMID: 32288740 PMCID: PMC7117817 DOI: 10.1007/s13546-015-1084-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2015] [Accepted: 05/08/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- A. Blet
- Département d’anesthésie-réanimation et centre de traitement des brûlés, AP–HP, groupe hospitalier Saint-Louis-Lariboisière, F-75010 Paris, France
- Université Paris-Diderot, F-75475 Paris, France
- UMR Inserm 942, Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (Inserm), hôpital Lariboisière, F-75010 Paris, France
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- Département d’anesthésie-réanimation et centre de traitement des brûlés, AP–HP, groupe hospitalier Saint-Louis-Lariboisière, F-75010 Paris, France
- Université Paris-Diderot, F-75475 Paris, France
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- Département d’anesthésie-réanimation et centre de traitement des brûlés, AP–HP, groupe hospitalier Saint-Louis-Lariboisière, F-75010 Paris, France
- Université Paris-Diderot, F-75475 Paris, France
- UMR Inserm 942, Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (Inserm), hôpital Lariboisière, F-75010 Paris, France
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Acute lung injury (ALI) and its more severe form, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), can result from both direct and indirect pulmonary damage caused by trauma and shock. In the course of ALI/ARDS, mediators released from resident cells, such as alveolar macrophages, may act as chemoattractants for invading cells and stimulate local cells to build up a proinflammatory micromilieu. Depending on the trauma setting, the role of alveolar macrophages is differentially defined. This review focuses on alveolar macrophage function after blunt chest trauma, ischemia/reperfusion, hemorrhagic shock, and thermal burns.
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DNA and inflammatory mediators in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from children with acute inhalational injuries. J Burn Care Res 2013; 34:326-33. [PMID: 23128126 DOI: 10.1097/bcr.0b013e31825d5126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility of using serial bronchoalveolar lavage fluids (BALFs) to characterize the course of cell damage and inflammation in the airways of pediatric patients with acute burn or inhalation injury. This was a prospective, longitudinal, descriptive pilot study conducted at the Burn and Pediatric Intensive Care Units in a tertiary care medical center. Six consecutively intubated and mechanically ventilated pediatric patients with acute inhalational injuries were studied. Serial BALF specimens from clinically indicated bronchoscopies were used to measure DNA and cytokine levels. BALF DNA levels for the six pediatric burn subjects were the highest within the first 72 hours after burn injury and declined thereafter. At the early stages after injury, BALF DNA levels (median [min, max] 3789 [1170, 11,917] ng/ml) were similar to those in adult burn patients and pediatric cystic fibrosis or bronchiectasis patients and was higher than those in pediatric recurrent pneumonia patients. BALF DNA levels in children and adults with inhalation injury correlated significantly with BALF interleukin-6, interleukin-8, and transforming growth factor-β1 levels. The patient with the most severe early visible airway mucosal damage and soot pattern at bronchoscopy, as well as the most extensive burns, also had the highest average early BALF DNA level (11,917 ng/ml) and the longest ventilator course and hospital stay. Procedures were well tolerated. In children with acute burn and inhalational injury, airway cellular damage and inflammation (reflected in high BALF DNA levels) appear to peak during the first 72 hours after burn or inhalation injury followed by a slow decline. Serial analysis of factors in airway secretions is feasible and has the potential to reveal important pathophyisiologic pathways and therapeutic targets for the treatment of acute inhalational injuries.
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Mgahed M, El-Helbawy R, Omar A, El-Meselhy H, Abd El-Halim R. Early detection of pneumonia as a risk factor for mortality in burn patients in Menoufiya University Hospitals, Egypt. ANNALS OF BURNS AND FIRE DISASTERS 2013; 26:126-35. [PMID: 24563638 PMCID: PMC3917151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Pneumonia is common among critically ill burn patients and is a major cause of morbidity and mortality among them. Prediction of mortality in patients with severe burns remains unreliable. The aim of this research is to study the incidence, early diagnosis and management of nosocomial pneumonia, and to discuss the relationship between pneumonia and death in burn patients. This prospective study was carried out on 80 burn patients (35 males and 45 females) admitted to Menoufiya University Hospital Burn Center and Chest Department, Egypt, from September 2011 to March 2012. Our findings showed an overall burn patient mortality rate of 26.25 % (21/80), 15% (12/80) incidence of pneumonia, and a 50% (6/12) mortality rate among patients with pneumonia compared to 22 % (15/68) for those without pneumonia. The incidence of pneumonia was twice as high in the subset of patients with inhalation injury as among those without inhalation injury (P< 0.001). It was found that the presence of pneumonia, inhalation injury, increased burn size, and advanced age were all associated with increased mortality (P< 0.001). In the late onset pneumonia, other associated factors also contributed to mortality. Severity of disease, severity of illness (APACHE score), organ failure, underlying co-morbidities, and VAP PIRO score all have significant correlations with mortality rate. Pneumonia was an important factor for predicting burn patient mortality. Early detection and management of pneumonia are absolutely essential.
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- M. Mgahed
- Faculty of Medicine, Menoufiya University, Egypt
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- Faculty of Medicine, Menoufiya University, Egypt
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OBJECTIVE We aimed to determine whether the severity of inhalation injury evokes an immune response measurable at the systemic level and to further characterize the balance of systemic pro- and anti-inflammation early after burn and inhalation injury. BACKGROUND Previously, we reported that the pulmonary inflammatory response is enhanced with worse grades of inhalation injury and that those who die of injuries have a blunted pulmonary immune profile compared with survivors. METHODS From August 2007 to June 2011, bronchoscopy was performed on 80 patients admitted to the burn intensive care unit when smoke inhalation was suspected. Of these, inhalation injury was graded into 1 of 5 categories (0, 1, 2, 3, and 4), with grade 0 being the absence of visible injury and grade 4 corresponding to massive injury. Plasma was collected at the time of bronchoscopy and analyzed for 28 immunomodulating proteins via multiplex bead array or enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. RESULTS The concentrations of several plasma immune mediators were increased with worse inhalation injury severity, even after adjusting for age and % total body surface area (TBSA) burn. These included interleukin (IL)-1RA (P = 0.002), IL-6 (P = 0.002), IL-8 (P = 0.026), granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (P = 0.002), and monocyte chemotactic protein 1 (P = 0.007). Differences in plasma immune mediator concentrations in surviving and deceased patients were also identified. Briefly, plasma concentrations of IL-1RA, IL-6, IL-8, IL-15, eotaxin, and monocyte chemotactic protein 1 were higher in deceased patients than in survivors (P < 0.05 for all), whereas IL-4 and IL-7 were lower (P < 0.05). After adjusting for the effects of age, % TBSA burn, and inhalation injury grade, plasma IL-1RA remained significantly associated with mortality (odds ratio, 3.12; 95% confidence interval, 1.03-9.44). Plasma IL-1RA also correlated with % TBSA burn, inhalation injury grade, fluid resuscitation, Baux score, revised Baux score, Denver score, and the Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score. CONCLUSIONS The severity of smoke inhalation injury has systemically reaching effects, which argue in favor of treating inhalation injury in a graded manner. In addition, several plasma immune mediators measured early after injury were associated with mortality. Of these, IL-1RA seemed to have the strongest correlation with injury severity and outcomes measures, which may explain the blunted pulmonary immune response we previously found in nonsurvivors.
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Yamamura H, Kaga S, Kaneda K, Mizobata Y. Chest computed tomography performed on admission helps predict the severity of smoke-inhalation injury. CRITICAL CARE : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE CRITICAL CARE FORUM 2013; 17:R95. [PMID: 23706091 PMCID: PMC3707034 DOI: 10.1186/cc12740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2012] [Accepted: 05/25/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Introduction Smoke-inhalation injury is a major cause of mortality in burn patients, and therefore, it is important to determine accurately the severity of such injuries in these patients. The objective of this study was to evaluate whether chest computed tomography (CT) can be used for detecting early predictors of severity and complications of smoke-inhalation injury. Methods We evaluated 37 patients who had sustained smoke-inhalation injuries and had undergone chest CT within a few hours of admission to a hospital. Bronchoscopy was performed according to a standardized protocol within 12 hours of admission in all smoke-inhalation injury patients. Bronchial-wall thickness (BWT) was measured 2 cm distal from the tracheal bifurcation with CT images, and the following data were collected: total number of ventilator days, duration of intensive care unit (ICU) stay, pneumonia development, and patient outcome. Results The mean age of the patients was 63 ± 18 years (range, 22 to 87 years), 31 (83.8%) of the patients were men, and the mortality rate was 10.8%. The causes of death in these patients were smoke inhalation (n = 1), hemorrhage (n = 1), and other factors resulting in sepsis (n = 2). The initial carboxyhemoglobin level was 13% ± 14% (range, 1% to 50%). No significant correlation was found between bronchoscopic scoring and clinical factors. However, significant correlations were noted between admission BWT and development of pneumonia (R2 = 0.41; P < 0.0001) and total number of ventilator days (R2 = 0.56; P < 0.0001) and ICU-stay days (R2 = 0.17; P = 0.01). Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis showed that an admission BWT cutoff value of >3.0 mm predicted pneumonia development with a sensitivity of 79%, specificity of 96%, positive predictive value of 91%, and negative predictive value of 88%. Conclusion BWT measured by using the chest CT scans obtained within a few hours of admission was predictive of the total number of ventilator days and ICU-stay days and the development of pneumonia in patients with smoke-inhalation injuries.
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Bronchoscopy-derived correlates of lung injury following inhalational injuries: a prospective observational study. PLoS One 2013; 8:e64250. [PMID: 23691180 PMCID: PMC3656836 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2013] [Accepted: 04/11/2013] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Background Acute lung injury (ALI) is a major factor determining morbidity following burns and inhalational injury. In experimental models, factors potentially contributing to ALI risk include inhalation of toxins directly causing cell damage; inflammation; and infection. However, few studies have been done in humans. Methods We carried out a prospective observational study of patients admitted to the NC Jaycees Burn Center who were intubated and on mechanical ventilation for burns and suspected inhalational injury. Subjects were enrolled over an 8-month period and followed till discharge or death. Serial bronchial washings from clinically-indicated bronchoscopies were collected and analyzed for markers of cell injury and inflammation. These markers were compared with clinical markers of ALI. Results Forty-three consecutive patients were studied, with a spectrum of burn and inhalation injury severity. Visible soot at initial bronchoscopy and gram negative bacteria in the lower respiratory tract were associated with ALI in univariate analyses. Subsequent multivariate analysis also controlled for % body surface area burns, infection, and inhalation severity. Elevated IL-10 and reduced IL-12p70 in bronchial washings were statistically significantly associated with ALI. Conclusions Independently of several factors including initial inhalational injury severity, infection, and extent of surface burns, high early levels of IL-10 and low levels of IL-12p70 in the central airways are associated with ALI in patients intubated after acute burn/inhalation injury. Lower airway secretions can be collected serially in critically ill burn/inhalation injury patients and may yield important clues to specific pathophysiologic pathways.
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Aspiration, localized pulmonary inflammation, and predictors of early-onset bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome after lung transplantation. J Am Coll Surg 2013; 217:90-100; discussion 100-1. [PMID: 23628225 DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2013.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2013] [Revised: 02/28/2013] [Accepted: 03/12/2013] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND We hypothesized that immune mediator concentrations in the bronchoalveolar fluid (BALF) are predictive of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS) and demonstrate specific patterns of dysregulation, depending on the presence of acute cellular rejection, BOS, aspiration, and timing of lung transplantation. STUDY DESIGN We prospectively collected 257 BALF samples from 105 lung transplant recipients. The BALF samples were assessed for absolute and differential white blood cell counts and 34 proteins implicated in pulmonary immunity, inflammation, fibrosis, and aspiration. RESULTS There were elevated BALF concentrations of interleukin (IL)-15, IL-17, basic fibroblast growth factor, tumor necrosis factor-α, and myeloperoxidase, and reduced concentrations of α1-antitrypsin, which were predictive of early-onset BOS. Patients with BOS had an increased percentage of BALF lymphocytes and neutrophils, with a reduced percentage of macrophages (p < 0.05). The BALF concentrations of IL-1β; IL-8; interferon-γ-induced protein 10; regulated upon activation, normal T-cell expressed and secreted; neutrophil elastase; and pepsin were higher in patients with BOS (p < 0.05). Among those with BOS, BALF concentrations of IL-1RA; IL-8; eotaxin; interferon-γ-induced protein 10; regulated upon activation, normal T-cell expressed and secreted; myeloperoxidase; and neutrophil elastase were positively correlated with time since transplantation (p < 0.01). Those with worse grades of acute cellular rejection had an increased percentage of lymphocytes in their BALF (p < 0.0001) and reduced BALF concentrations of IL-1β, IL-7, IL-9, IL-12, granulocyte colony-stimulating factor, granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor, interferon-γ, and vascular endothelial growth factor (p ≤ 0.001). Patients with aspiration based on detectable pepsin had increased percentage of neutrophils (p < 0.001) and reduced BALF concentrations of IL-12 (p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS The BALF levels of IL-15, IL-17, basic fibroblast growth factor, tumor necrosis factor-α, myeloperoxidase, and α1-antitrypsin at 6 to 12 months after lung transplantation are predictive of early-onset BOS, and those with BOS and aspiration have an augmented chemotactic and inflammatory balance of pulmonary leukocytes and immune mediators. These data justify the surgical prevention of aspiration and argue for the refinement of antirejection regimens.
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Burnham EL, Kovacs EJ, Davis CS. Pulmonary cytokine composition differs in the setting of alcohol use disorders and cigarette smoking. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2013; 304:L873-82. [PMID: 23605000 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00385.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Alcohol use disorders (AUDs), including alcohol abuse and dependence, and cigarette smoking are widely acknowledged and common risk factors for pneumococcal pneumonia. Reasons for these associations are likely complex but may involve an imbalance in pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines within the lung. Delineating the specific effects of alcohol, smoking, and their combination on pulmonary cytokines may help unravel mechanisms that predispose these individuals to pneumococcal pneumonia. We hypothesized that the combination of AUD and cigarette smoking would be associated with increased bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) proinflammatory cytokines and diminished anti-inflammatory cytokines, compared with either AUDs or cigarette smoking alone. Acellular BAL fluid was obtained from 20 subjects with AUDs, who were identified using a validated questionnaire, and 19 control subjects, matched on the basis of age, sex, and smoking history. Half were current cigarette smokers; baseline pulmonary function tests and chest radiographs were normal. A positive relationship between regulated and normal T cell expressed and secreted (RANTES) with increasing severity of alcohol dependence was observed, independent of cigarette smoking (P = 0.0001). Cigarette smoking duration was associated with higher IL-1β (P = 0.0009) but lower VEGF (P = 0.0007); cigarette smoking intensity was characterized by higher IL-1β and lower VEGF and diminished IL-12 (P = 0.0004). No synergistic effects of AUDs and cigarette smoking were observed. Collectively, our work suggests that AUDs and cigarette smoking each contribute to a proinflammatory pulmonary milieu in human subjects through independent effects on BAL RANTES and IL-1β. Furthermore, cigarette smoking additionally influences BAL IL-12 and VEGF that may be relevant to the pulmonary immune response.
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- Ellen L Burnham
- Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
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Destructive Pulmonary Effects of Smoke Inhalation and Simultaneous Alterations in Circulating IL-6, TNF-α, and IFN-γ Levels at Different Burn Depths. J Burn Care Res 2013; 34:334-41. [DOI: 10.1097/bcr.0b013e3182644e9b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Rendon JL, Choudhry MA. Th17 cells: critical mediators of host responses to burn injury and sepsis. J Leukoc Biol 2012; 92:529-38. [PMID: 22753950 PMCID: PMC3427614 DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0212083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2012] [Revised: 06/08/2012] [Accepted: 06/11/2012] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Th cells have long been recognized as vital components of the adaptive immune system. Until recently, CD3(+)CD4(+) Th cells were divided into cell-mediated Th1 or humoral Th2 responses. However, the Th1-Th2 hypothesis failed to accommodate the more recently described Th17 cells. Today, the major Th cell subsets include Th1, Th2, Th9, Th17, Th22, and Tregs, each of which produce specific effector cytokines under unique transcriptional regulation. Specifically, Th17 cells produce effector cytokines IL-17, IL-21, and IL-22 under the regulation of ROR-γt. Th17 lymphocytes were first described as orchestrators of neutrophil recruitment and activation and as key players in chronic inflammation and autoimmunity. More recent evidence suggest that Th17 lymphocytes and their effector cytokines play a crucial role in maintaining mucosal immunity and barrier integrity, including the skin, lung, and gut. Burn injury induces global changes to the systemic immune response, including suppressed immune function and increased susceptibility to infection. Moreover, burn trauma is associated with remote organ injury. This relationship between burn and remote organ injury supports the hypothesis that immune suppression may facilitate the development of sepsis, systemic inflammatory response syndrome, and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome in critically ill burn patients. Herein, we discuss this emerging adaptive cell subset in critical care settings, including burn injury and clinical sepsis, and highlight the potential therapeutic role of IL-22.
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- Juan L Rendon
- Alcohol Research Program, Loyola University Chicago Health Sciences Campus, Maywood, IL, USA.
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The acute pulmonary inflammatory response to the graded severity of smoke inhalation injury. Crit Care Med 2012; 40:1113-21. [PMID: 22067627 DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0b013e3182374a67] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To determine whether the graded severity of smoke inhalation is reflected by the acute pulmonary inflammatory response to injury. DESIGN In a prospective observational study, we assessed the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid for both leukocyte differential and concentration of 28 cytokines, chemokines, and growth factors. Results were then compared to the graded severity of inhalation injury as determined by Abbreviated Injury Score criteria (0, none; 1, mild; 2, moderate; 3, severe; 4, massive). SETTING All patients were enrolled at a single tertiary burn center. PATIENTS The bronchoalveolar lavage fluid was obtained from 60 patients within 14 hrs of burn injury who underwent bronchoscopy for suspected smoke inhalation. INTERVENTIONS None. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Those who presented with worse grades of inhalation injury had higher plasma levels of carboxyhemoglobin and enhanced airway neutrophilia. Patients with the most severe inhalation injuries also had a greater requirement for tracheostomy, longer time on the ventilator, and a prolonged stay in the intensive care unit. Of the 28 inflammatory mediators assessed in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, 21 were at their highest in those with the worst inhalation injury scores (grades 3 and 4), the greatest of which was interleukin-8 (92,940 pg/mL, grade 4). When compared in terms of low inhalation injury (grades 1-2) vs. high inhalation injury (grades 3-4), we found significant differences between groups for interleukin-4, interleukin-6, interleukin-9, interleukin-15, interferon-γ, granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor, and monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (p < .05 for all). CONCLUSIONS These data reveal that the degree of inhalation injury has basic and profound effects on burn patient morbidity, evokes complex changes of multiple alveolar inflammatory proteins, and is a determinant of the pulmonary inflammatory response to smoke inhalation. Accordingly, future investigations should consider inhalation injury to be a graded phenomenon.
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Fisichella PM, Davis CS, Lowery E, Pittman M, Gagermeier J, Love RB, Kovacs EJ. Pulmonary immune changes early after laparoscopic antireflux surgery in lung transplant patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease. J Surg Res 2012; 177:e65-73. [PMID: 22537841 DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2012.03.066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2012] [Revised: 03/20/2012] [Accepted: 03/28/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND The biologic mechanisms by which laparoscopic antireflux surgery (LARS) might influence the inflammatory process leading to bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome are unknown. We hypothesized that LARS alters the pulmonary immune profile in lung transplant patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease. METHODS In 8 lung transplant patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease, we quantified and compared the pulmonary leukocyte differential and the concentration of inflammatory mediators in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) 4 weeks before LARS, 4 weeks after LARS, and 12 months after lung transplantation. Freedom from bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (graded 1-3 according to the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation guidelines), forced expiratory volume in 1 second trends, and survival were also examined. RESULTS At 4 weeks after LARS, the percentages of neutrophils and lymphocytes in the BALF were reduced (from 6.6% to 2.8%, P = 0.049, and from 10.4% to 2.4%, P = 0.163, respectively). The percentage of macrophages increased (from 74.8% to 94.6%, P = 0.077). Finally, the BALF concentration of myeloperoxide and interleukin-1β tended to decrease (from 2109 to 1033 U/mg, P = 0.063, and from 4.1 to 0 pg/mg protein, P = 0.031, respectively), and the concentrations of interleukin-13 and interferon-γ tended to increase (from 7.6 to 30.4 pg/mg protein, P = 0.078 and from 0 to 159.5 pg/mg protein, P = 0.031, respectively). These trends were typically similar at 12 months after transplantation. At a mean follow-up of 19.7 months, the survival rate was 75% and the freedom from bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome was 75%. Overall, the forced expiratory volume in 1 second remained stable during the first year after transplantation. CONCLUSIONS Our preliminary study has demonstrated that LARS can restore the physiologic balance of pulmonary leukocyte populations and that the BALF concentration of pro-inflammatory mediators is altered early after LARS. These results suggest that LARS could modulate the pulmonary inflammatory milieu in lung transplant patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease.
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- P Marco Fisichella
- Department of Surgery, Loyola University Chicago, Health Sciences Campus, Maywood, Illinois, USA.
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