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Table 2 Concentrations of cytokines

From: Clinical experience with lipopolysaccharide adsorber in cardiac surgery

 

Preanaesthesia

10 min declamp

Skin suture

6 hours postoperative

ANOVA P value

TNFα (pg/ml)

     

   Adsorber

7.18 ± 4.3

11.6 ± 4.4

11.9 ± 4.7

5.3 ± 1.6

Not significant

   Controls

11.88 ± 10.1

4.0 ± 0.5

5.4 ± 0.9

5.4 ± 1.2

Not significant

IL-6 (pg/ml)

     

   Adsorber

8.88 ± 2.9

46.0 ± 19.6

38.6 ± 16.1

87.3 ± 19.0

<0.05

   Controls

2.47 ± 0.6

38.7 ± 20.0

51.4 ± 25.3

117.6 ± 36.9

<0.05

IL-1β (pg/ml)

     

   Adsorber

0.19 ± 0.1

1.10 ± 0.6

1.50 ± 0.9

0.36 ± 0.31

Not significant

   Controls

0.20 ± 0.1

0.02 ± 0.02

0.11 ± 0.01

0.01 ± 0.01

Not significant

  1. Data presented as the mean ± SEM.