| Preterm infants with high polyunsaturated fatty acid and plasmalogen content in tracheal aspirates develop bronchopulmonary dysplasia less often. | |
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PMID: 10834714 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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OBJECTIVE: Oxygen toxicity causes chronic bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) in extremely preterm infants. Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) and plasmalogens are the two main substrates for lipid peroxidation in the pulmonary surfactant. In the present study, we tested whether low concentrations of both were associated with development of BPD and whether both were further reduced during mechanical ventilation with oxygen. DESIGN: Prospective, noninterventional, descriptive study. SETTING: Level III neonatal intensive care unit in a university hospital. PATIENTS: In 25 extremely low birth weight infants with respiratory distress syndrome, tracheal aspirates were collected immediately after birth and in the following 4 days. As control, tracheal and pharyngeal aspirates were collected from healthy infants immediately after birth. The amount of PUFA and dimethylacetals (DMA, representing plasmalogens) was determined gas-chromatographically. INTERVENTIONS: None. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: The relative percentages of PUFA and DMA on all fatty acids in non-BPD infants (PUFA% 26+/-8.9, DMA% 3.5+/-1.2) were higher compared with infants who developed BPD (PUFA% 14.5+/-3.8, DMA% 1.8+/-0.9). In term healthy infants, DMA% and PUFA% were in the same range as in the BPD group. The higher levels found for non-BPD infants decreased after day 1 to values equal to the BPD group and remained low. CONCLUSIONS: The results suggest that initially higher levels of PUFA and plasmalogens in the tracheal effluent are associated with a reduced risk of developing BPD and are reduced during the first day of ventilation. |
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Authors:
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M Rüdiger; A von Baehr; R Haupt; R R Wauer; B Rüstow |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Critical care medicine Volume: 28 ISSN: 0090-3493 ISO Abbreviation: Crit. Care Med. Publication Date: 2000 May |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2000-06-08 Completed Date: 2000-06-08 Revised Date: 2006-11-15 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0355501 Medline TA: Crit Care Med Country: UNITED STATES |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1572-7 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Neonatology, Charité, Hospital of Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany. |
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Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
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diagnosis*,
metabolism Fatty Acids, Unsaturated / metabolism* Female Humans Infant, Newborn Intensive Care Units, Neonatal Lipid Peroxidation / physiology Male Plasmalogens / metabolism* Prospective Studies Pulmonary Surfactants / metabolism Risk Factors Trachea / metabolism* |
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0/Fatty Acids, Unsaturated; 0/Plasmalogens; 0/Pulmonary Surfactants |
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