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Comparison of the effects of gelatin and a modern hydroxyethyl starch solution on renal function and inflammatory response in elderly cardiac surgery patients.

BACKGROUND: The effects of hydroxyethylstarch (HES) 130/0.4 6% and gelatin 4% on inflammation, endothelial integrity, and renal function after cardiac surgery were compared. METHODS: Sixty patients aged >80 yr undergoing cardiac surgery were randomized to receive gelatin (n=30) or HES 130/0.4 (n=30). The colloid was used in the priming of the cardiopulmonary bypass circuit (500 ml) and for volume replacement until the second postoperative day (POD). Serum creatinine, creatinine clearance, IL-6, IL-10, intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (sICAM-1), urinary glutathione transferase-alpha, and neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) were measured perioperatively. Serum creatinine was also reported approximately 60 days after discharge. RESULTS: The mean(sd) volume of gelatin infused was 4180(440) ml, which was greater than the volume of HES infused 2910(330) ml (P=0.002). The mean(sd) volume of serum creatinine on the first POD was 151(24) micromol litre(-1) in the gelatin group and 126(13) micromol litre(-1) in the HES group (P=0.004). Values for the second POD were 161(0.26) and 133(16) micromol litre(-1), respectively (P=0.004). Creatinine clearance was lower in the gelatin group on the first POD [37(7) vs 46(8) ml min(-1) 1.73 m2 (P=0.004)] and the second POD [32(8) vs 45(10) ml min(-1) 1.73 m2 (P=0.002)]. Kidney function approximately 60 days after discharge did not differ between the groups. IL-6, IL-10, and sICAM-1 were significantly lower in the HES group than in the gelatin group on the first and second PODs. Urinary alpha-GST increased in both groups to a comparable extent. Urinary NGAL concentrations were higher in the gelatin than in the HES patients 5 h after surgery and on the first and second PODs. CONCLUSIONS: In cardiac surgery patients aged >80 years, volume therapy with HES 130/0.4 6% was associated with less marked changes in kidney function and a less marked endothelial inflammatory response than gelatin 4%.[1]

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