Abstract
We hypothesized that increased levels of blood cytokines occur in brain-dead patients, and that these cytokines are responsible for some of the endocrine and/or acute-phase reactant abnormalities found in these patients. We measured blood levels of cytokines, hormones, and acute-phase reactants in 18 brain-dead potential organ donors at the moment of establishing the legal diagnosis of brain death and compared them with levels found in a control group. Although interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) levels were within the normal range, interleukin-6 (IL-6) levels were clearly above the normal range in all patients (median, 1,444 pg/mL; range, 75 to 11,780). In the brain-dead group, total thyroxine (tT4), free T4 (fT4), triiodothyronine (T3), thyrotropin (TSH), dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEA-S), testosterone, albumin, Zn, and osteocalcin levels were decreased, T3 resin uptake index (T3 RUI), corticotropin (ACTH), cortisol, 11-deoxycortisol (11-DOC), 17-hydroxyprogesterone (17-OHPr), aldosterone, luteinizing hormone, and follicle-stimulating hormone levels were normal, and reverse T3 (rT3), renin, and C-reactive protein (CRP) levels were increased. Multiple regression analysis demonstrate...Continue Reading
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