An increase in serum C18 unsaturated free fatty acids as a predictor of the development of acute respiratory distress syndrome
An increase in serum C18 unsaturated free fatty acids as a predictor of the development of acute respiratory distress syndrome
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DOI:
10.1097/00003246-199607000-00011
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发表时间:
1996-07-01
影响因子:
8.8
通讯作者:
Repine, JE
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作者:
Bursten, SL;Federighi, DA;Repine, JE
Objective: No means exist for predicting the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), which complicates sepsis, trauma, and a variety of clinical disorders. Because activation of phospholipid-signaling pathways involving the acyl chains oleate and linoleate may initiate and amplify the inflammatory response, and thereby lead to the development of ARDS, we examined whether serum concentrations of these bioactive lipids increase and are predictive of ARDS in at-risk patients.Design: Part I: A prospective, single-blind trial. Part II: A prospective, randomized, double-blind trial.Setting: General intensive therapy units in five university teaching hospitals.Subjects: Part I: Thirty-nine healthy control patients were studied to determine normal distribution of serum acyl values, followed by 30 patients admitted with onset of sepsis, trauma, or development of ARDS (within 24 hrs of admission) over a 1-yr period. Part II: Eight patients admitted with sepsis syndrome over a 2-month period.Interventions: Part II: Patients were randomized to receive the substituted methylxanthine, llsofylline (CT1501R), or an identically presented placebo.Measurements and Main Results: We measured the serum free fatty acid concentrations in the 39 healthy control subjects, and then we prospectively examined the serum free fatty acid concentrations in 30 age-matched patients in samples obtained within 24 hrs from the onset of sepsis, trauma, or development of ARDS. We then prospectively studied eight septic, at risk patients who were matched for age, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II scores, Multiple Organ Failure Index, and Glasgow Coma Score, in a double blind, placebo-controlled, pilot study. These patients included four patients who received no treatment and four patients who received lisofylline, a compound that decreases serum unsaturated free fatty acids and diminishes acute lung injury in animals caused by sepsis and/or trauma. The calculated ratios of serum free fatty acids (i.e., the ratio of C18 unsaturated fatty acids linoleate and oleate to fully saturated palmitate, C16:0) increased and predicted the development of ARDS in at risk patients. Serum samples from the 30 patients, obtained within 24 hrs from the onset of sepsis, trauma, or development of ARDS, had significantly increased mean acyl chain ratios (1.42 +/- 0.35 [SD]) compared with healthy control subjects (0.86 +/- 0.25; p