title: Cardiovascular effects of pregnanolone emulsion: an experimental study in artificially ventilated dogs.
abstract: The acute cardiovascular effects of pregnanolone emulsion, a new steroid preparation for intravenous anaesthesia, were investigated in artificially ventilated dogs. The anaesthetic was administered as repeated intravenous bolus injections, doubling the dosage with each injection. The plasma concentration of pregnanolone, and the haemodynamic, respiratory and metabolic variables were determined after each injection. Cardiac output and heart rate increased from the first bolus dose of the anaesthetic (0.5 mg/kg), which produced anaesthesia lasting 10 to 15 min. Both continued to increase after administration of 1.0, 2.0 and 4 mg/kg, whereas reductions of systemic arterial pressure and estimated myocardial contractility were observed only at the two highest dosages. A decrease in vascular resistance was calculated in the systemic circulation, whereas vascular resistance increased in the pulmonary circulation. A state of circulatory shock followed administration 8, 16 and 32 mg/kg of the anaesthetic.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Municipal Hospital of Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Høgskilde
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wagner
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Strøm
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sjøntoft
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Olesen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bredgaard Sørensen
mesh_terms: D000771:Anesthesia, Intravenous; D000777:Anesthetics / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000097:blood / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs; D004655:Emulsions; D005260:Female; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D011280:Pregnanolone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000097:blood / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012119:Respiration / Q000187:drug effects; D014655:Vascular Resistance / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000777:Anesthetics; D004655:Emulsions; D011280:Pregnanolone