Blood purification by nonselective hemoadsorption prevents death after traumatic brain injury and hemorrhagic shock in rats
Abstract
Patients who sustain traumatic brain injury (TBI) and concomitant hemorrhagic shock (HS) are at high risk of high-magnitude inflammation which can lead to poor outcomes and death. Blood purification by hemoadsorption (HA) offers an alternative intervention to reduce inflammation after injury. We tested the hypothesis that HA would reduce mortality in a rat model of TBI and HS. Male Sprague Dawley rats were subjected to a combined injury of a controlled cortical impact to their brain and pressure-controlled HS. Animals were subsequently instrumented with an extracorporeal blood circuit that passed through a cartridge for sham or experimental treatment. In experimental animals, the treatment cartridge was filled with proprietary beads (Cytosorbents, Monmouth Junction, NJ) that removed circulating molecules between 5 kDa and 60 kDa. Sham rats had equivalent circulation but no blood purification. Serial blood samples were analyzed with multiplex technology to quantify changes in a trauma-relevant panel of immunologic mediators. The primary outcome was survival to 96 hours postinjury. Hemoadsorption improved survival from 47% in sham-treated rats to 86% in HA-treated rats. There were no treatment-related changes in histologic appear...Continue Reading
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