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Metabolic Uncoupling Following Cardiopulmonary Bypass

Congenital Heart Disease, ISSN: 1747-0803, Vol: 10, Issue: 6, Page: E250-E257
2015
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Objective: The objective of this study was to characterize the natural history of metabolic uncoupling (type B hyperlactemia and hyperglycemia) following cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), and to determine the impact of insulin therapy on time to lactate normalization in patients without low cardiac output. Design: The design used was a retrospective cohort study. Setting: The study was set in a pediatric cardiac intensive care unit in a tertiary-care urban children's hospital. Patients: All patients were aged ≤21 years admitted between 2007 and 2013 following cardiac surgery involving CPB with empiric intraoperative corticosteroids. Eligibility criteria: simultaneous hyperlactemia (≥3.5 mEq/L) and hyperglycemia (≥200 mg/dL) within 48 hours after bypass. Exclusion criteria: Exclusion criteria were evidence of low cardiac output state, diabetes or postoperative steroid administration. Interventions: Characteristics were compared between those treated with insulin and those who were not (controls). Outcome Measures: Outcome measures used were time from admission to onset of hyperglycemia and hyperlactemia and time to resolution. Clinical outcomes included duration of mechanical ventilation, length of stay, unplanned readmission/reoperation, hypoglycemia and death. Results: Of the 1345 patients receiving CPB, 132 (9.8%) met inclusion criteria. Seventy-eight (59%) were treated with insulin, leaving 54 controls. Patient characteristics, surgical complexity and time to onset of hyperglycemia and hyperlactemia were similar between groups. The insulin group had a shorter duration of hyperglycemia. There was no significant difference between groups in time to lactate normalization, ventilator days, length of stay, readmission and reoperation rates. Hypoglycemia (<60mg/dL) occurred in three patients. Conclusions: In children with metabolic uncoupling after CPB, insulin use did not shorten the time to lactate normalization or alter clinical outcomes. These findings suggest that type B hyperlactemia with hyperglycemia after CPB will resolve spontaneously and does not warrant specific treatment.

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Robert A. Palermo; Eric L. Wald; Mark S. Wainwright; John M. Costello; Conrad L. Epting; Hannah L. Palac; Osama M. Eltayeb; Carl L. Backer

Computers, Materials and Continua (Tech Science Press)

Medicine

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