OBJECTIVES: Over the past decade, the glial protein S-100beta has been used to detect cerebral injury in a number of clinical settings including cardiac surgery. Previous investigations suggest that S-100beta is capable of identifying patients with cerebral dysfunction after cardiopulmonary bypass. Whether detection of elevated levels S-100beta reflects long-term cognitive impairment remains to be shown. The present study evaluated whether perioperative release of S-100beta after coronary artery operations with cardiopulmonary bypass could predict early or late neuropsychologic impairment. METHODS: A total of 100 patients undergoing elective coronary bypass without a previous history of neurologic events were prospectively studied. To exclude noncerebral sources of S-100beta, we did not use cardiotomy suction or retransfusion of shed mediastinal blood. Serial perioperative measurements of S-100beta were performed with the use of a new sensitive immunoluminometric assay up to 8 hours after the operation. Patients underwent cognitive testing on a battery of 11 tests before the operation, before discharge from the hospital, and 3 months later. RESULTS: No significant correlation was found between S-100beta release and neuropsychologic measures either 5 days or 3 months after the operation. CONCLUSION: Despite using a sensitive immunoluminometric assay of S-100beta, we found no evidence to support the suggestion that early release of S-100beta may reflect long-term neurologic injury capable of producing cognitive impairment.
OBJECTIVES: Over the past decade, the glial protein S-100beta has been used to detect cerebral injury in a number of clinical settings including cardiac surgery. Previous investigations suggest that S-100beta is capable of identifying patients with cerebral dysfunction after cardiopulmonary bypass. Whether detection of elevated levels S-100beta reflects long-term cognitive impairment remains to be shown. The present study evaluated whether perioperative release of S-100beta after coronary artery operations with cardiopulmonary bypass could predict early or late neuropsychologic impairment. METHODS: A total of 100 patients undergoing elective coronary bypass without a previous history of neurologic events were prospectively studied. To exclude noncerebral sources of S-100beta, we did not use cardiotomy suction or retransfusion of shed mediastinal blood. Serial perioperative measurements of S-100beta were performed with the use of a new sensitive immunoluminometric assay up to 8 hours after the operation. Patients underwent cognitive testing on a battery of 11 tests before the operation, before discharge from the hospital, and 3 months later. RESULTS: No significant correlation was found between S-100beta release and neuropsychologic measures either 5 days or 3 months after the operation. CONCLUSION: Despite using a sensitive immunoluminometric assay of S-100beta, we found no evidence to support the suggestion that early release of S-100beta may reflect long-term neurologic injury capable of producing cognitive impairment.
Authors: Elizabeth Kozora; Sterling G West; Steven F Maier; Christopher M Filley; David B Arciniegas; Mark Brown; David Miller; Alex Grimm; Lening Zhang Journal: J Neurol Sci Date: 2010-05-23 Impact factor: 3.181
Authors: Basel Ramlawi; James L Rudolph; Shigetoshi Mieno; Kamal Khabbaz; Neel R Sodha; Munir Boodhwani; Sue E Levkoff; Edward R Marcantonio; Frank W Sellke Journal: Ann Surg Date: 2006-10 Impact factor: 12.969