Clinical characteristics and cytokine changes in children with pneumonia requiring mechanical ventilation
Open Access
- 12 January 2017
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of International Medical Research
- Vol. 45 (6), 1805-1817
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0300060516672766
Abstract
Objective To assess clinical characteristics and cytokine levels in children with severe pneumonia who required ventilatory support. Methods In this prospective, descriptive, cross-sectional study, blood and endotracheal fluid samples were obtained from patients with severe pneumonia, aged Results Forty-five patients with severe pneumonia requiring mechanical ventilation (aged 10 ± 5 months) and 35 healthy age-matched controls were included. Patients with severe pneumonia had significantly increased serum interleukin (IL)-6, IL-8, and granulocyte/macrophage colony-stimulating factor concentrations compared with controls (80.84 pg/ml versus 2.06 pg/ml, 90.03 pg/ml versus 6.62 pg/ml, and 115.58 pg/ml versus 11.47 pg/ml, respectively). In the severe pneumonia group, serum IL-10 levels were significantly higher in patients aged Conclusion High IL-6 concentrations were associated with mortality in patientsKeywords
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