Ovdi Dagan

Publications (10)15.88 Total impact

• Article: Procalcitonin level as an aid for the diagnosis of bacterial infections following pediatric cardiac surgery.

  Elhanan Nahum, Ofer Schiller, Gilat Livni, Sarit Bitan, Shai Ashkenazi, Ovdi Dagan
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  ABSTRACT: The aim of the present study was to determine if blood procalcitonin can serve as an aid to differentiate between bacterial and nonbacterial cause of fever in children after cardiac surgery. A nested case-control study of children who underwent open cardiac surgery in critical care units of fourth-level pediatric hospital was performed. Blood samples for procalcitonin level were collected 1 day before operation; 1 hour postoperation; on postoperative days 1, 2, and 5; and on the day of fever, when it occurred. Of 665 children who underwent cardiac bypass surgery, 126 had a febrile episode postoperatively, 47 children with a proven bacterial infection and 79 without bacterial infection. Among the 68 children in whom fever developed within the first 5 postoperative days, procalcitonin level at fever day was significantly higher in those with bacterial infection (n = 16) than in those without infection (n = 52). Similarly, among the 58 children in whom fever developed after day 5 postoperation, a significant difference was found in procalcitonin level at fever day between those with (n = 31) and without (n = 27) bacterial infection. During the critical early and late periods after cardiac surgery in children, procalcitonin level may help to differentiate patients with bacterial infection from patients in whom the fever is secondary to nonbacterial infectious causes.
  Journal of critical care 09/2011; 27(2):220.e11-6. · 2.13 Impact Factor
• Article: Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a case report and review of the literature.

  Uri Pollak, Joanne Yacobobich, Hannah Tamary, Ovdi Dagan, Orit Manor-Shulman
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  ABSTRACT: Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is an immune-mediated coagulation side effect of heparin therapy characterized by thrombocytopenia and by a paradoxical prothrombotic state following heparin exposure when thrombotic or thromboembolic events accurse, the condition is classified as Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia with thrombosis (HITT). We report a case of HITT with evidence of small-vessel arterial thrombosis in a 5-day-old newborn receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for congenital diaphragmatic hernia, and our attempt of bivalirudin alternative treatment. We also review previous reports regarding HIT and ECMO with the alternative management in this unique population.
  The Journal of extra-corporeal technology 03/2011; 43(1):5-12.
• Article: Favorable outcome of pediatric fulminant myocarditis supported by extracorporeal membranous oxygenation.

  Elhanan Nahum, Ovdi Dagan, Amiram Lev, Golan Shukrun, Gabriel Amir, George Frenkel, Jacob Katz, Berant Michel, Einat Birk
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  ABSTRACT: Myocarditis among pediatric patients varies in severity from mild disease to a fulminant course with overwhelming refractory shock and a high risk of death. Because the disease is potentially reversible, it is reasonable to deploy extracorporeal membranous oxygenation (ECMO) to bridge patients until recovery or transplantation. This study aimed to review the course and outcome of children with acute fulminant myocarditis diagnosed by clinical and echocardiographic data only who were managed by ECMO because of refractory circulatory collapse. A chart review of a single center identified 12 children hospitalized over an 8-year period who met the study criteria. Data were collected on demographics, diagnosis, disease course, and outcome. The patients ranged in age from 20 days to 8 years (25.5 ± 29.6 months). Echocardiography showed a severe global biventricular decrease in myocardial function, with a shortening fraction of 12% or less. Ten children (83.3%) were weaned off extracorporeal support after 100-408 h (mean, 209.9 ± 82.4 h) and discharged home. Two patients died: one due to multiorgan failure and one due to sustained refractory heart failure. During a long-term follow-up period, all survivors showed normal function in daily activities and normal myocardial function. The study showed that ECMO can be safely and successfully used for children with acute fulminant myocarditis diagnosed solely on clinical and radiographic grounds who need mechanical support. These patients usually have a favorable outcome, regaining normal or near normal heart function without a need for heart transplantation.
  Pediatric Cardiology 10/2010; 31(7):1059-63. · 1.30 Impact Factor
• Article: Leptin and the post-operative inflammatory response. More insights into the correlation with the clinical course and glucocorticoid administration.

  D Modan-Moses, H Kanety, O Dagan, S Ehrlich, D Lotan, C Pariente, I Novikov, G Paret
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  ABSTRACT: Cardiac surgery involving cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) causes a systemic inflammatory process which can lead to multiple organ failure and postoperative morbidity. Recent animal and human studies suggested a possible involvement of leptin in the systemic inflammatory response. To characterize the response of leptin to open heart surgery (OHS) and the relationship between the time course of leptin levels and the post-operative clinical course, and to examine the effect of exogenous glucocorticoids. Forty-seven pediatric patients, undergoing OHS for congenital heart disease were studied. Thirty-four patients (Group 1) received methylprednisolone during CPB while 13 (group 2) did not. Serial blood samples were collected perioperatively and up to 24 h after surgery, and assayed for leptin and cortisol. All patients' leptin levels decreased significantly during CPB (to 44-48% of baseline, p<0.001); they then increased, peaking at 12 h post-operatively. The levels of groups 1 and 2 were similar up to 8 h post-operatively; thereafter, those of group 1 were significantly higher. Recovery of leptin levels in patients with a more complicated post-operative course was comparatively slower. Cortisol levels of all patients increased significantly during CPB (p<0.001), gradually decreasing afterwards. Cortisol and leptin levels were inversely correlated in both patients' groups. CPB is associated with acute changes in circulating leptin levels. A complicated postoperative course is associated with lower leptin levels which are inversely correlated with cortisol levels. Leptin may participate in post-CPB inflammatory and hemodynamic responses.
  Journal of endocrinological investigation 04/2010; 33(10):701-6. · 1.57 Impact Factor
• Article: Patterns and prognostic value of troponin, interleukin-6, and leptin after pediatric open-heart surgery.

  Dalit Modan-Moses, Anat Prince, Hannah Kanety, Clara Pariente, Ovdi Dagan, Milton Roller, Tali Vishne, Ori Efrati, Gideon Paret
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  ABSTRACT: Leptin and interleukin-6 (IL-6) are inversely correlated and associated with decreased survival in critically ill patients. We investigated changes in leptin, IL-6, and troponin in children undergoing open-heart surgery, hypothesizing that IL-6 and troponin will increase after cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) and will be negatively correlated with leptin. Serial blood samples were collected from 21 patients 24 hours before and up to 48 hours after surgery. Leptin levels decreased by 50% during CPB (P < .001), then gradually increased, reaching baseline levels 12 hours after surgery. The IL-6 levels increased (P < .001) during CPB, peaking 2 hours after surgery and remaining slightly elevated at 24 hours after surgery (P < .001). Leptin and IL-6 were negatively correlated (R = -0.448, P < .001). Troponin levels increased during CPB (P < .001). Postoperative leptin and troponin were inversely correlated (r = -0.535, P < .001). Patients with modest elevations in troponin levels (<20 microg/L) had a shorter aortic clamp and CPB time (P < .01), lower IL-6 peak levels (P = .03), and shorter duration of ventilation and inotropic support compared with patients with peak troponin levels greater than 20 microg/L. Lower leptin and higher IL-6 levels correlated with troponin, a marker of myocardial injury. Because leptin may have cardioprotective effects, the postoperative drop in its levels may further contribute to myocardial dysfunction.
  Journal of critical care 06/2009; 24(3):419-25. · 2.13 Impact Factor
• Article: Neuroimaging findings in neonates and infants from superior vena cava obstruction after cardiac operation.

  Boaz Karmazyn, Ovdi Dagan, Bernado A Vidne, Gadi Horev, Liora Kornreich
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  ABSTRACT: Extraventricular obstructive hydrocephalus may develop after superior vena cava obstruction, an uncommon complication after cardiac surgery. To describe the neuroimaging findings in neonates and infants with superior vena cava thrombosis after cardiac surgery for congenital heart disease. Between 1993 and 2001, 333 neonates and infants in our hospital underwent cardiac surgery, of whom 13 (3.9%) subsequently acquired superior vena cava syndrome. Eleven of these 13 children (7 boys, 4 girls) were evaluated by head ultrasound and computed tomography scans. One child had normal findings on head ultrasound, and 10 children had extraventricular obstructive hydrocephalus (EVOH). In 6 children, aggravation of the hydrocephalus was noted up to 11.4 months after cardiac surgery; in 3 of them, the hydrocephalus was shunted to the peritoneum. One child had thrombosis of the dural sinuses, and 1 had hemorrhagic infarction. Two children died during follow-up. EVOH is a common complication of superior vena cava thrombosis, and head ultrasound should be performed in all neonates and infants with superior vena cava thrombosis after cardiac surgery. Long-term follow-up is needed, as the hydrocephalus may worsen even months after surgery.
  Pediatric Radiology 12/2002; 32(11):806-10. · 1.67 Impact Factor
• Article: Plasma soluble L-selectin following cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) in children: is it a marker of the postoperative course?

  Ovdi Dagan, Tal Prince, Ron Ben-Abraham, Bernardo Vidne, David Mishaly, Yitshak Katz, Natan Keller, Zohar Barzilay, Gideon Paret
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  ABSTRACT: There is increasing evidence that cytokine-inducible leukocyte-endothelial adhesion molecules are instrumental in the postoperative inflammatory response following cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). L-selectin was shown to be one of those neutrophil-endothelial cell adhesion molecules. This study aimed to investigate the relationship of the soluble adhesion molecule, sL-selectin, and the postoperative course in children undergoing CPB. To determine the time course of sL-selectin after CPB, serial blood samples of 9 children undergoing CPB were collected from the arterial line or from the bypass circuits preoperatively, on initiation of CPB and 1, 6, 12, 18, 24, and 48 hours postoperatively. Plasma was recovered immediately, aliquoted and frozen at -70 degrees C until use. Circulating sL-selectin molecules were measured with a sandwich enzyme-linked immunoabsorbent assay (ELISA) technique. There were significant changes in plasma levels of sL-selectin in patients following CPB, and these levels were associated with patient characteristics, operative variables and postoperative course. Low values of sL-selectin significantly correlated with inotropic support, low PRISM score, postoperative hypotension and fever. There was a significant association between the development of postoperative sepsis and low sL-selectin levels. No correlation was found between sL-selectin values and lactate concentration or neutrophil count. Our results suggest a relation between CPB-induced mediators and both early and late clinical effects. Although the mechanism for the changes of sL-selectin remains undetermined, the down-regulation of sL-selectin indicates neutrophil activation and supports the possibility that anti-adhesion therapies might participate in the prevention and treatment of the inflammatory response associated with CPB.
  Medical science monitor: international medical journal of experimental and clinical research 08/2002; 8(7):CR467-72. · 1.70 Impact Factor
• Article: Interleukin-8 secretion following cardiopulmonary bypass in children as a marker of early postoperative morbidity.

  Ron Ben-Abraham, Avi A Weinbroum, Danny Lotan, Ovdi Dagan, Rivka Schreriber-Scheffer, David Mishali, Ran Harel, Tali Vishne, Zohar Barzilay, Gideon Paret
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  ABSTRACT: Interleukin (IL)-8, an 8 kDa peptide, is the first chemoattractant identified as being specific for neutrophils. Its possible association with early postoperative morbidity following cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) in infants and children is unknown. This prospective cohort study sought possible roles of IL-8 in the inflammatory response to CPB and investigated if changes in IL-8 levels and clinical course and outcome were related. IL-8 levels were measured in 16 children undergoing CPB. Systemic blood was collected after induction of anaesthesia (baseline), at 15 min after CPB onset and cessation, and at 1, 4, 8, 12 and 24 h thereafter. Correlation coefficients between IL-8 levels and CPB time ranged from 0.45 to 0.55, heart rate 0.41--0.44, surgical time 0.41--0.63 and pH --0.56 to --0.50 (P < 0.05 for all parameters). Univariate analyses showed that patients requiring inotropic support and those with tachycardia had significantly higher postoperative IL-8 levels (P < 0.05). Furthermore, IL-8 levels were significantly higher in patients with surgical times > 200 min and in patients with an aortic clamp in place for > 65 min. There was an association between IL-8 and early postoperative heart rate, and the need for inotropic support IL-8 correlated positively with surgical time, CPB time and heart rate and negatively with pH. IL-8 release may be related to some of the haemodynamic changes in the early postoperative course following CPB. The relationship between IL-8 and late markers of patient outcome in high-risk infants awaits further studies.
  Pediatric Anesthesia 03/2002; 12(2):156-61. · 2.10 Impact Factor
• Article: β-Chemokine secretion patterns in relation to clinical course and outcome in children after cardiopulmonary bypass: continuing the search to abrogate systemic inflammatory response

  Danny Lotan, Dorit Zilberman, Ovdi Dagan, Natan Keller, Ron Ben-Abraham, Avi A. Weinbroum, Ran Harel, Zohar Barzilay, Gideon Paret
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  ABSTRACT: Background. Surgery involving cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is frequently accompanied by a systemic inflammatory response partly triggered by neutrophils and monocyte-macrophages. Certain cytokines that are powerful leukocyte-chemotactic factors have recently been characterized and shown to be important in evoking inflammatory responses: monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) has monocyte-macrophage chemotactic activity, and regulated-upon-activation normal T-cell expressed and secreted (RANTES) has a potent chemoattractant activity for mononuclear phagocytes. This prospective cohort study investigated possible roles of these chemokines in the inflammatory response to CPB and relationships between the changes in chemokine levels and the clinical course and outcome.Methods. Systemic blood of 16 children undergoing CPB was collected after induction of anesthesia (base line); at 15 minutes after bypass onset; at CPB cessation; and at 1, 2, 4, 8, 12, and 24 hours afterward to measure MCP-1 and RANTES.Results. The significant changes of plasma β chemokine levels following CPB were associated with patient characteristics, operative variables, and postoperative course. Cardiopulmonary bypass of more than 2 hours, longer surgical times, inotropic support, and reoperation were associated with higher MCP-1 levels and lower RANTES levels.Conclusions. Our results suggest a relation between CPB-induced mediators and clinical effects, implying pathogenic roles for chemokines following CPB. These molecules should be considered as possible targets for therapeutic intervention.
  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery.
• Article: Resting energy expenditure in children with cyanotic and noncyanotic congenital heart disease before and after open heart surgery.

  Yaron Avitzur, Pierre Singer, Ovdi Dagan, Eran Kozer, Dana Abramovitch, Gabriel Dinari, Raanan Shamir
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  ABSTRACT: Failure to thrive is a common problem in children with congenital heart disease (CHD). Resting energy expenditure (REE) in cyanotic and noncyanotic children with CHD before and after open heart surgery has hardly been investigated. Twenty-nine children younger than 3 years of age with CHD (14 cyanotic and 15 noncyanotic CHD) who were referred for open heart surgery were enrolled. Data on dietary intake, anthropometric measurements, and indirect calorimetry parameters were measured 24 hours before the surgery, (day -1), and on day 5 after surgery. The measured REE was compared with the Schofield and World Health Organization (WHO) REE prediction equations. The mean +/- SD measured REE was similar in the cyanotic and noncyanotic children before and after surgery (before surgery: 57 +/- 13 and 58 +/- 9 kcal/kg per day, respectively; 5 days after surgery: 59 +/- 10 and 62 +/- 10 kcal/kg per day, respectively). Oxygen consumption (VO2) and carbon dioxide production (VCO2) did not change significantly before and after surgery and were similar in both groups. The measured REE for all children on day -1 and day 5 was similar to the calculated REE using the Schofield equation but was significantly different from the calculated REE using the WHO equation (p < .01). Significant changes in REE, VCO2, and VO2 were not observed before and 5 days after open heart surgery in children with CHD. These parameters (REE, VCO2, and VO2) were also similar in children with cyanotic versus noncyanotic CHD. The Schofield equation is more accurate than the WHO equation in predicting energy needs of children with CHD, but measurement of REE is preferred over calculation of REE.
  Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition 27(1):47-51. · 3.29 Impact Factor