title: [Prevention of septic ventilatory depression with naloxone].
abstract: Little is known of the endorphins' role in sepsis-induced respiratory distress and naloxone's effect as a treatment of it. Thirteen piglets were infused with live Escherichia coli at a rate of 2 to 10 x 10(8) colony-forming units per hour for six hours or until death and were divided into two groups: the septic control group (n = 8), and the naloxone-treated group (n = 5), which received 8 mg/kg/h of naloxone by continuous infusion. The results showed a significant reduction of QS/QT, VD/VT, and arterial carbon dioxide pressure at one hour and a significant increase of arterial carbon dioxide pressure and minute ventilation at 1, 3, and 4 hours in the naloxone-treated group, compared with the untreated septic group. None of the piglets in the naloxone-treated group developed ventilatory depression, while 75% of those in the untreated septic group did. Among the latter ficial effects of naloxone are likely related to its action on the central and peripheral respiratory regulatory mechanisms. A transient protection of the cardiac output and relatively decreased extravascular lung water with naloxone treatment may also, in part, improve the ventilation-perfusion maldistribution and secondarily reduce QS/QT and VD/VT.
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Chest Hospital.
authors.forename: C X
authors.initials: CX
authors.lastname: Gao
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000150:complications*; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections; D009270:Naloxone / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012126:Respiratory Dead Space / Q000187:drug effects; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D013552:Swine; D014692:Ventilation-Perfusion Ratio / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D009270:Naloxone