Features of the cytokine profile in burn patients
Introduction. Currently, more and more attention is paid to burn injury as one of the most significant medical and social problems. Treatment of burn injury is performed by autotransplantation of the skin flap. The efficiency of using this method is from 70 to 90%. A significant reason for the failure of skin flap transplantation in burn disease is the lack of objective methods for assessing the patient's condition on the eve of free autodermoplasty surgery. Assessment of the levels of both Pro-and anti-inflammatory cytokines in burned patients is not included in the algorithm of examination and monitoring of the status of these patients. The aim of the study: to study the levels of pro - and anti-inflammatory cytokines to expand the algorithm of laboratory examination in preparing patients for free autodermoplasty. Materials and methods. The levels of IL-6, IL-8, and IL-10 in the peripheral blood of 50 patients with burn injury compared to healthy individuals were studied by enzyme immunoassay. Results. The serum content of all studied cytokines was significantly increased upon admission to the hospital in all burn patients compared to healthy individuals. A particularly pronounced increase was observed in patients with a fatal outcome. The results of autodermoplasty correlated with the severity of hyperproduction of proinflammatory cytokines on the eve of surgery. Conclusion. A justification for the addition of the algorithm for laboratory examination of burned patients by determining cytokines-interleukins 6, 8 and 10. Monitoring the level of cytokines in burn injury is appropriate for objectifying the choice of the timing of surgery, which will help reduce the mortality rate and increase the effectiveness of free autodermoplasty.