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9505310

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-5-8
pubmed:abstractText
Patients who have undergone major surgery such as esophagectomy may develop peripheral edema in the immediate postoperative period, the cause of which is not fully understood. The purpose of this study was therefore to determine the mechanism of this phenomenon. Finger edema was measured as a marker for peripheral edema before and after esophagectomy in eight patients. Plasma interleukin-6 (IL-6) was also measured by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Finger edema markedly increased in the immediate postoperative period and remained significantly elevated until after postoperative day (POD) 3 compared to the preoperative value (P < 0.05). Plasma IL-6 also markedly increased in the immediate postoperative period and remained significantly elevated on POD 2 compared to the preoperative value (P < 0.05). The degree of finger edema highly correlated with the level of plasma IL-6 (r = 0.71, P = 0.0001). These findings indicate that peripheral edema after esophagectomy might be caused by a proinflammatory cytokine response.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0941-1291
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
28
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
6-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-8-3
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Peripheral edema after esophagectomy.
pubmed:affiliation
Akita University School of Medicine, Second Department of Surgery, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article