Open AccessEffect of ketamine on pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokine response in paediatric cardiac surgery: A prospective randomised controlled study
Author(s) -
Tamer Hamed Ibrahim,
Hassan Saad Abdelrahman,
Mohammed A Alharbi,
Ibrahim Zabani,
Mohamed F. Ismail,
Heba Kary
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
indian journal of anaesthesia/indian journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.645
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 0976-2817
pISSN - 0019-5049
DOI - 10.4103/ija.ija_607_16
Subject(s) - medicine , ketamine , cardiopulmonary bypass , cardiac surgery , anesthesia , inflammatory response , c reactive protein , cytokine , analysis of variance , tumor necrosis factor alpha , weaning , heart disease , inflammation , surgery , gastroenterology
Paediatric cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is associated with a marked inflammatory response and triggers release of inflammatory cytokines. The aim of this study was to study the effect of ketamine on the inflammatory response during correction of congenital cyanotic heart diseases.