BJA openPub Date : 2024-10-05DOI: 10.1016/j.bjao.2024.100349
Thomas Payne , Jennifer Taylor , David Kunkel , Katherine Konieczka , Frankie Ingram , Kaj Blennow , Henrik Zetterberg , Robert A. Pearce , Anke Meyer-Franke , Niccolò Terrando , Katerina Akassoglou , Robert D. Sanders , Richard C. Lennertz
{"title":"Association of preoperative to postoperative change in cerebrospinal fluid fibrinogen with postoperative delirium","authors":"Thomas Payne , Jennifer Taylor , David Kunkel , Katherine Konieczka , Frankie Ingram , Kaj Blennow , Henrik Zetterberg , Robert A. Pearce , Anke Meyer-Franke , Niccolò Terrando , Katerina Akassoglou , Robert D. Sanders , Richard C. Lennertz","doi":"10.1016/j.bjao.2024.100349","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bjao.2024.100349","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>We aimed to assess perioperative changes in fibrinogen in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), their association with markers of blood–brain barrier breakdown and neuroinflammation, and their association with postoperative delirium severity.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>We conducted a secondary analysis of the Interventions for Postoperative Delirium-Biomarker 2 (IPOD-B2, NCT02926417) study, a prospective observational cohort study. We included 24 patients aged >21 yr undergoing aortic aneurysm repair. CSF samples were obtained before (<em>n</em>=24) and after surgery (<em>n</em>=13), with some participants having multiple postoperative samples. Our primary outcome was the perioperative change in CSF fibrinogen. Delirium was assessed using the Delirium Rating Scale-Revised-98.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>CSF fibrinogen increased after surgery (<em>P</em><0.001), and this was associated with an increase in CSF/plasma albumin ratio (β=1.09, 95% CI 0.47–1.71, <em>P</em>=0.004). The peak change in CSF fibrinogen was associated with the change in CSF interleukin (IL)-10 and IL-12p70. The peak change in CSF fibrinogen was associated with the change in CSF total tau (β=0.47, 95% CI 0.24–0.71, <em>P</em>=0.002); however, we did not observe an association with postoperative delirium severity (incidence rate ratio = 1.20, 95% CI 0.66–2.17, <em>P</em>=0.540).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Our preliminary findings support the hypothesis that fibrinogen enters the brain via blood-brain barrier disruption, promoting neuroinflammation and neuronal injury. However, we did not observe an association between cerebrospinal fluid fibrinogen and peak delirium severity in this limited cohort.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":72418,"journal":{"name":"BJA open","volume":"12 ","pages":"Article 100349"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142417277","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BJA openPub Date : 2024-10-01DOI: 10.1016/j.bjao.2024.100316
A. Phillips, F. Breckenridge
{"title":"Impact of introduction of point-of-care viscoelastic testing on transfusion practice in major obstetric haemorrhage","authors":"A. Phillips, F. Breckenridge","doi":"10.1016/j.bjao.2024.100316","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bjao.2024.100316","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72418,"journal":{"name":"BJA open","volume":"12 ","pages":"Article 100316"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142421176","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Incidence of early postoperative cognitive dysfunction and overall patient and surgical risks in older patients undergoing cardiac surgery","authors":"Chyanis Vongseenin, Nicha Wongratanakarn, Wacharin Sindhvananda","doi":"10.1016/j.bjao.2024.100317","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bjao.2024.100317","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72418,"journal":{"name":"BJA open","volume":"12 ","pages":"Article 100317"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142421177","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BJA openPub Date : 2024-10-01DOI: 10.1016/j.bjao.2024.100335
C. Bird, C. Pitchford, J. Simpson
{"title":"Innovative use of elective admission unit to deliver preoperative intravenous iron infusions","authors":"C. Bird, C. Pitchford, J. Simpson","doi":"10.1016/j.bjao.2024.100335","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bjao.2024.100335","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72418,"journal":{"name":"BJA open","volume":"12 ","pages":"Article 100335"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142416688","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BJA openPub Date : 2024-10-01DOI: 10.1016/j.bjao.2024.100336
J. Cowman, L. Beckett, J. Spiteri
{"title":"Opioid stewardship amongst patients undergoing major robotic surgery at Eastbourne District General Hospital: an audit and quality improvement project","authors":"J. Cowman, L. Beckett, J. Spiteri","doi":"10.1016/j.bjao.2024.100336","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bjao.2024.100336","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72418,"journal":{"name":"BJA open","volume":"12 ","pages":"Article 100336"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142416689","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BJA openPub Date : 2024-10-01DOI: 10.1016/j.bjao.2024.100328
Sef Carter, Thai Ha Dinh, Alfred Ball, Ishrat Hussain, Chanaka Karunaratne
{"title":"Preoperative assessment and obstructive sleep apnoea: where and when to screen?","authors":"Sef Carter, Thai Ha Dinh, Alfred Ball, Ishrat Hussain, Chanaka Karunaratne","doi":"10.1016/j.bjao.2024.100328","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bjao.2024.100328","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72418,"journal":{"name":"BJA open","volume":"12 ","pages":"Article 100328"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142416194","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Development of a Bayesian Deep Learning algorithm using multicentre pre-anaesthesia assessment data to predict surgical duration, blood loss, and patient placement (the Pre-Anesthesia AI Tool)","authors":"Sujoy Kar, Saikat Sengupta, Bharath Potla, Jospin Dhivya, Chetana Korrapati, Triyanka Tiu, Sangita Reddy","doi":"10.1016/j.bjao.2024.100315","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bjao.2024.100315","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72418,"journal":{"name":"BJA open","volume":"12 ","pages":"Article 100315"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142416361","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}