Interleukin‐10 and Zonulin Are Associated With Postoperative Delayed Gastric Emptying in Critically Ill Surgical Pediatric Patients: A Prospective Pilot Study

Abstract Background Impaired gastric emptying (GE) is associated with morbidity in surgical critically ill children. The relationship between inflammation, gut barrier integrity (lipopolysaccharide binding protein [LBP]; zonulin), and GE has not been described in this cohort. Methods Children ≥2 years of age and requiring critical care after surgery were enrolled. Preoperative and postoperative levels of serum cytokines, LBP, and zonulin, and GE by the acetaminophen absorption test, were measured, allowing patients to serve as their own controls. Postoperative delayed GE was defined as a decrease in GE by ≥20% compared with preoperative GE. The following were examined : comparison between postoperative andpreoperative values, correlations between fold change (postoperative/preoperative) in study variables, and fold change in study variables between patients with and without postoperative delayed GE. Results Twenty patients, median age 14 years (12.25, 18), 12 female, were included. Eight of 20 patients had postoperative delayed GE. Postoperative interleukin‐6 (IL‐6), IL‐8, IL‐10, and LBP were increased, and zonulin was decreased (P‐values < .05). Fold change in IL‐10 and zonulin were inversely correlated (ρ −0.618, P = .004). Patients with postoperative delayed GE had greater fold increase in IL‐10 (P = .0159) and fold decrease in zonulin (P = .0160). Five of 7 (71%) patients with both fold increase in IL‐10 and decrease in zonulin had delayed GE. Conclusion Postoperative changes in IL‐10 and zonulin were associated with delayed GE in surgical critically ill children, which might suggest a mechanism to for delayed GE in postoperative inflammation and gut barrier dysregulation after surgery.

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