The immune changes of critically ill patients in PICU
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-4912.2017.02.008
- VernacularTitle:PICU危重症患者免疫变化研究
- Author:
Chunlin XING
;
Jinqiao SUN
;
Xiaolei ZHANG
;
Guoping LU
- Keywords:
Children;
Critical illness;
Immunity;
Disorder
- From:
Chinese Pediatric Emergency Medicine
2017;24(2):118-122
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To investigate the changes of cellular immunity and humoral immunity in children with acute or critical illness. Methods Seventy-three critically ill children admitted to PICU of Chil-dren′s Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University during the period from April,2015 to September,2015 were the objects of study. Blood samples were collected within 48 hours after admition. The lymphocyte subpopulation was measured by flow cytometry,and the level of humoral immunity was measured by rate immune scatter turbidimetry,and the neutrophil function was measured by flow cytometry-DHR analysis. Twenty-three cases from 73 cases were detected the second time after admitted to hospital for seven days. Ten health children be-fore elective surgery were selected as control. Results (1) Compared with the control,the percentages of CD3 +T cells and CD8 +T cells were significantly decreased in critically ill children within 48 hours of admis-tion[(57. 43 ± 13. 46)%,(21. 26 ± 7. 87)% vs. (66. 24 ± 5. 27)%,(26. 82 ± 7. 63)%,P<0. 05]; At the same time,CD4 +T cells and NK cells had no significant change[(33. 42 ± 11. 29)%,(8. 83 ± 7. 77)% vs. (34. 89 ± 4. 94)% (11. 34 ± 5. 60)%,both P<0. 05]; While B cells were significantly increased[(31. 69 ±13. 83)% vs. (21. 08 ±7. 24)%,P<0. 05]. Neutrophil activation rate[(14. 32 ±14. 81)%] was signifi-cantly higher than the normal reference value ( 0 -10%) and the activation rate was more than 90% after stimulated by PMA. The plasma level of complement C3[(0. 88 ± 0. 31) g/L] was lower than that of the control group[(1. 19 ± 0. 18)g/L,P<0. 05]. (2) Compared with the first time,the percentages of CD3 +cells and CD4 + cells were increased after treated for one week in 23 patients[(61. 20 ± 13. 56)%,(36. 79 ± 9. 95)% vs. (56. 80 ± 13. 99)%,(32. 86 ± 10. 87)%,both P<0. 05]. No significant difference in neutrophil activation and activation rate after PMA stimulation was found compared with admition. IgA,IgM and comple-ment C3 were significantly increased[(0. 98 ± 0. 75) g/L,(1. 00 ± 0. 39) g/L,(1. 15 ± 0. 34) g/L vs. (0. 80 ± 0. 69) g/L,(0. 86 ± 0. 48) g/L,(0. 93 ± 0. 23) g/L,all P<0. 05]. Conclusion Immune disorders occur in critically ill children in the early stage of illness,the most obvious change is cellular immune response,and im-mune function starts to recover after one week.