title: Multiple organ platelet sequestration, hemodynamics, and gas exchange in endotoxin shock and the effects of aspirin-terbutaline treatment.
abstract: We studied the effects of two different drugs on multiple organ platelet sequestration, hemodynamics, and respiratory function during endotoxin shock. Twenty-eight sheep (four groups) were anesthetized and ventilated. Group AT-E received aspirin and terbutaline 30 min before and group E-AT 30 min after Escherichia coli endotoxin. Group E also received endotoxin but no drug treatment (shock controls), and group C received neither endotoxin nor drug treatment. There was a marked platelet trapping in the lungs and in the liver immediately after administration of endotoxin in groups E and E-AT, but after 4 hr it was less pronounced in group E-AT than in the endotoxin controls (P < 0.05). In the pretreated animals (group AT-E) there was no increase in platelet sequestration until almost 2 hr after endotoxin both in the lungs and the liver, but at the end of the study (240 min) there was no difference between the pre- and posttreated groups. No significant changes occurred in the kidneys and spleen in any of the groups. In groups E and E-AT the endotoxin infusion resulted in 200% rise in pulmonary artery pressure (PAP) and a sharp decrease in mean arterial pressure (MAP; 25-30%), respiratory compliance (CT; 50%), arterial oxygen tension (PaO2; 70%) as well as in oxygen delivery index (DO2; 30-40%) within 30 min. After 4 hr the PAP had decreased significantly in group E-AT, but remained high in group E (> 100% higher than in group C). Also MAP, PaO2, DO2 and CT improved slightly in group E-AT, while they remained low in group E.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia and Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University.
authors.forename: G H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Sigurdsson
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Youssef
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stephen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001241:Aspirin / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D004338:Drug Combinations; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D011659:Pulmonary Gas Exchange / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D012756:Sheep; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013726:Terbutaline / Q000008:administration & dosage*
chemical_list: D004338:Drug Combinations; D013726:Terbutaline; D001241:Aspirin