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Serum cytokines and critical illness-related corticosteroid insufficiency

Authors: Yong Soo Kwon, Gee Young Suh, Kyeongman Jeon, So Young Park, So Yeon Lim, Won-Jung Koh, Man Pyo Chung, Hojoong Kim, O. Jung Kwon

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 11/2010

Abstract

Purpose

Little information exists regarding the association of specific cytokine levels and different subgroups of patients with critical illness-related corticosteroid insufficiency (CIRCI).

Methods

Data from a previous prospective study on adrenal function in the ICU were used in this study. CIRCI was diagnosed when either the basal cortisol was less than 10 μg/ml or the Δ cortisol was less than 9 μg/ml. The patients with CIRCI were further divided into a low basal cortisol (LBC) group (basal cortisol <10 μg/ml), and low Δ cortisol (LDC) group (basal cortisol ≥ 10 μg/ml and Δ cortisol <9 μg/ml). Serum cytokine levels were compared among the normal (NOM), LBC, and LDC groups.

Results

The serum of 82 out of 123 (67%) patients included in the previous study was available for analysis; these patients were included in the present study. The overall incidence of CIRCI was 43.9% (36 out of 82 patients). Among patients with CIRCI, 16 (44.4%) were classified as the LBC group and 20 (55.6%) as the LDC group. The LDC group had significantly higher levels of IL-6 and IL-10 compared to both the NOM and LBC groups (p < 0.01). The LDC group also had significantly increased TNF-α (p = 0.002) compared to the LBC group. There were no significant differences in any of the cytokine levels between the NOM and LBC groups.

Conclusions

Elevated cytokines were associated with adrenal dysfunction in a subset of patients meeting the criteria for CIRCI (normal or high basal cortisol and low Δ cortisol).

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Title: Serum cytokines and critical illness-related corticosteroid insufficiency
Authors: Yong Soo Kwon
Gee Young Suh
Kyeongman Jeon
So Young Park
So Yeon Lim
Won-Jung Koh
Man Pyo Chung
Hojoong Kim
O. Jung Kwon
Publication date: 01-11-2010
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 11/2010
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-010-1971-9

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Serum cytokines and critical illness-related corticosteroid insufficiency

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