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ArticleMetabolites2018

Lung Protection Strategies during Cardiopulmonary Bypass Affect the Composition of Bronchoalveolar Fluid and Lung Tissue in Cardiac Surgery Patients.

Raluca G Maltesen, Katrine B Buggeskov, Claus B Andersen, Ronni Plovsing, Reinhard Wimmer, Hanne B Ravn, Bodil S Rasmussen

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Article in Metabolites, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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11citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. 2024 EACTS/EACTAIC/EBCP Guidelines on cardiopulmonary bypass in adult cardiac surgery.European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Raluca G MaltesenDepartment of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Aalborg University Hospital, 9000 Aalborg, Denmark. rm@rn.dk.ORCID 0000-0003-2332-2312
Katrine B BuggeskovDepartment of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Heart Centre, Rigshospitalet, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark. katrine.buggeskov@gmail.com.
Claus B AndersenDepartment of Forensic Medicine, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark. clauskrik@gmail.com.
Ronni PlovsingDepartment of Intensive Care, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark. rplovsing@hotmail.com.
Reinhard WimmerDepartment of Chemistry and Bioscience, Aalborg University, 9220 Aalborg, Denmark. rw@bio.aau.dk.ORCID 0000-0001-6942-5056
Hanne B RavnDepartment of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Heart Centre, Rigshospitalet, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark. hanne.berg.ravn@regionh.dk.
Bodil S RasmussenDepartment of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Aalborg University Hospital, 9000 Aalborg, Denmark. bodil.steen.rasmussen@rn.dk.
Aalborg University Hospital · DKRigshospitalet · DKUniversity of Copenhagen · DKAalborg University · DK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pulmonary dysfunction is among the most frequent complications to cardiac surgeries. Exposure of blood to the cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) circuit with subsequent lung ischemia-reperfusion leads to the production of inflammatory mediators and increases in microvascular permeability. The study aimed to elucidate histological, cellular, and metabolite changes following two lung protective regimens during CPB with Histidine-Tryptophan-Ketoglutarate (HTK) enriched or warm oxygenated blood pulmonary perfusion compared to standard regimen with no pulmonary perfusion. A total of 90 patients undergoing CPB were randomized to receiving HTK, oxygenated blood or standard regimen. Of these, bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) and lung tissue biopsies were obtained before and after CPB from 47 and 25 patients, respectively. Histopathological scores, BALF cell counts and metabolite screening were assessed. Multivariate and univariate analyses were performed. Profound histological, cellular, and metabolic changes were identified in all patients after CPB. Histological and cellular changes were similar in the three groups; however, some metabolite profiles were different in the HTK patients. While all patients presented an increase in inflammatory cells, metabolic acidosis, protease activity and oxidative stress, HTK patients seemed to be protected against severe acidosis, excessive fatty acid oxidation, and inflammation during ischemia-reperfusion. Additional studies are needed to confirm these findings.

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bronchoalveolar lavageCPBHTKinflammationischemia-reperfusion injurylung biopsylung protectionmetabolitesNMRoxygenated blood

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PMID30241409
PMCPMC6316472
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