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The effect on intermediary metabolism of open-heart surgery with deep hypothermia and circulatory arrest in infants of less than 10 kilograms body weight. A preliminary study

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Anaesthesia, University of Newcastle upon Tyne

MJ Elliott

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Anaesthesia, University of Newcastle upon Tyne

DT Pearson

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Anaesthesia, University of Newcastle upon Tyne

MP Holden

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Anaesthesia, University of Newcastle upon Tyne

H. Ørskov

Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Aarhus

Kgmm Alberti

Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Metabolic Medicine, University of Newcastle upon Tyne

The effects of hypothermic open-heart surgery with circulatory arrest upon intermediary metabolism and endocrine function in small children are still poorly understood. This report presents data obtained in a preliminary study in which seven children of <10 Kg body weight were investigated during and after such procedures. Frequent blood samples were taken from one day preoperatively to seven days postoperatively for estimation of hormone concentrations (insulin, growth hormone, glucagon, cortisol), and intermediary metabolites (glucose, lactate, pyruvate, alanine, glycerol, and 3- hydroxybutyrate).

Marked hyperglycaemia (34·8 ±3·3 mmol/L) was observed during cardiopulmonary bypass probably as a result of the glucose content of the pump prime. Moderate hyperglycaemia persisted for at least seven days postoperatively. A significant increase in lactate concentrations (p < 0·02) was observed during circulatory arrest and peak concentrations of 6·77 +0.87 mmol/L were measured at the end of the operation. Very high blood lactate concentrations were observed at the end of cardiopulmonary bypass in two patients who subsequently died. Peak insulin concentrations (20·7 ± 5·2 mU/L) were lower than those (30-40 mU/L) reported in adults undergoing similar procedures. Glucagon concentrations were significantly elevated during bypass (p<0·05) to approximately twice the levels reported in adults. Unlike the other hormones, growth hormone concentrations revealed remarkably uniform change, similar to those reported in 'high responding' adults with peak values of 124 ± 26 mU/L, observed during cardiopulmonary bypass. Cortisol concentrations showed no significant changes throughout the study.

Thus, the response of small infants to these procedures differed both qualitatively and quantitatively from that reported in adults. The results suggest that the nature of the prime fluid may be of major importance in the metabolic consequences of such surgery and that glucose and lactate may be better avoided in the pump prime.

Perfusion, Vol. 1, No. 1, 29-40 (1986)
DOI: 10.1177/026765918600100104


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