Changes in serum concentration of perioperative inflammatory cytokines following the timing of surgery among mild–moderate traumatic brain injury patients and factors associated
Hervé Monka Lekuya, Stephen Cose, Marjorie Nakibuule, Gift Ahimbisibwe, Anthony Fuller, Larrey Kasereka Kamabu, Emmanuel Biryabarema, Geoffrey Olweny, David Patrick Kateete, Anthony Kirabira, Fredrick Makumbi, Jelle Vandersteene, Edward Baert, Moses Galukande, Jean-Pierre Okito Kalala · 2024
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Hervé Monka Lekuya and co-authors study surgery timing after brain injury in a paper published in 2024. After a traumatic brain injury, inflammation rises, and operating at the wrong moment may add harm. The team tracked blood markers of inflammation around surgery in patients with mild to moderate injury and skull fractures.
The study followed 82 patients, most of them young men, many injured in assaults. About half had surgery within two days of injury and half later. One pro-inflammatory marker ran higher after later surgery. Patients who later developed wound infections showed a rise in an anti-inflammatory marker. The authors aim to guide safer timing of surgery in lower-income settings.
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| CREATOR | Hervé Monka Lekuya, Stephen Cose, Marjorie Nakibuule, Gift Ahimbisibwe, Anthony Fuller, Larrey Kasereka Kamabu, Emmanuel Biryabarema, Geoffrey Olweny, David Patrick Kateete, Anthony Kirabira, Fredrick Makumbi, Jelle Vandersteene, Edward Baert, Moses Galukande, Jean-Pierre Okito Kalala |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 61 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |