title: Beta-adrenergic drug therapy in newborn canine endotoxic shock.
abstract: The mortality of septic shock remains high in newborns. Although the effectiveness of adrenergic drug therapy continues to be controversial, adrenergic drugs have been used for the treatment of newborn endotoxic shock. To elucidate the effects of beta-adrenergic drugs on the fulminant hemodynamic deterioration of newborn endotoxic shock, newborn dogs (2-10-day-old, 264-800 g) were given Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharide (LPS; 10 mg/kg iv) and treated with isoproterenol (0.1 micrograms/kg/min) or dopamine (5 micrograms/kg/min) infusion from 5 to 120 min after LPS injection. Isoproterenol attenuated the effects of LPS by increasing the mean arterial pressure (32 +/- 2 vs. 13 +/- 1 mmHg at 120 min), cardiac output (183 +/- 29 vs. 118 +/- 23 ml/min/kg at 120 min), and the survival time (5.3 vs 2.9 hr). However, dopamine did not improve the hemodynamic deterioration. As dopamine-beta-hydroxylase activity in the blood was significantly lower in newborn dogs than in adult dogs, inadequate response of newborn dogs to dopamine was thought to be in part due to enzymatic immaturity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Loyola University of Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL 60153.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Griffin
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chiemmongkoltip
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ohya
mesh_terms: D000318:Adrenergic beta-Agonists / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D002302:Cardiac Output / Q000187:drug effects; D004285:Dogs; D004298:Dopamine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004299:Dopamine beta-Hydroxylase / Q000097:blood; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects; D007545:Isoproterenol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D000318:Adrenergic beta-Agonists; D004299:Dopamine beta-Hydroxylase; D007545:Isoproterenol; D004298:Dopamine