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Trial reportThoracic cancer2016

Continuous infusion of high-dose ulinastatin during surgery does not improve early postoperative clinical outcomes in patients undergoing radical lung cancer surgery: A pilot study.

Leng Zhou, Haidan Lan, Qinghua Zhou, Xiao Jun Tang, Daxing Zhu, Jianming Yue, Bin Liu

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Trial report in Thoracic cancer, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Leng ZhouDepartment of Anesthesiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Haidan LanDepartment of Anesthesiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Qinghua ZhouThe Lung Cancer Center, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Xiao Jun TangThe Lung Cancer Center, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Daxing ZhuThe Lung Cancer Center, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Jianming YueDepartment of Anesthesiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Bin LiuDepartment of Anesthesiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Sichuan University · CNSichuan Cancer Hospital · CNWest China Hospital of Sichuan University · CN

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Abstract

backgroundUlinastatin can prevent the perioperative increase in proinflammatory cytokines for lung resection surgery; however, its impact on early clinical outcomes remains unknown.

methodsThe study enrolled 108 non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients who were randomly allocated into two groups: ulinastatin (group U) and control (group C). Patients in group U ( n = 52) were continuously intravenously infused with ulinastatin at a rate of 20 000 U/kg/hour for the first hour after anesthesia induction, and then at a rate of 5000 U/kg/hour until the conclusion of surgery. Patients in group C ( n = 56) received an equivalent volume of normal saline. The primary outcome was to record the postoperative pulmonary complications that occurred during hospital stay. Other clinical courses, such as hospital mortality, blood loss, respiratory parameters, postoperative chest drainage, and duration of intensive care unit and postoperative hospital stay, were also observed and analyzed.

resultsThere were no significant differences between the two groups in early postoperative pulmonary complications, hospital mortality, blood loss, or other perioperative laboratory values, except for the duration of postoperative chest drainage and serum creatinine level. The frequency of pulmonary complications was lower in patients treated with ulinastatin compared with the control (38.46% in group U vs. 48.21% in group C).

conclusionAdministration of high-dose ulinastatin during surgery did not reduce postoperative pulmonary complications, hospital mortality, or hospital stay for patients undergoing lung radical thoracotomy. However, a protective trend of ulinastatin was observed.

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