1. Lifting the lid on perioperative goal-directed therapy.
- Author
-
Martin DS
- Subjects
- Biopsy, Goals, Humans, Oxidation-Reduction, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, Skin metabolism, Oxidative Stress physiology, Oxygen administration & dosage, Perioperative Care methods
- Abstract
The complex cellular interactions that underlie pathologies related to reduced oxygen delivery after surgery are poorly defined and difficult to measure. Heywood and colleagues explored the patterns of protein expression in skin biopsies taken from a subgroup of patients enrolled in a randomised trial designed to evaluate perioperative goal-directed therapy. One of their key findings was that a failure of participants to maintain preoperative systemic oxygen delivery was associated with an upregulation of intracellular proteins involved in counteracting oxidative stress. Their study highlights the importance of oxidative stress in the perioperative setting and suggests that maintenance of baseline oxygen delivery might be an important regulator of redox balance., Competing Interests: Declarations of interest The author declares no conflicts of interest., (Copyright © 2021. Published by Elsevier Ltd.)
- Published
- 2021
- Full Text
- View/download PDF