title: Beneficial effects of buprenorphine (a partial opiate agonist) in porcine Escherichia coli septicaemia: a comparison with naloxone.
abstract: The cardiovascular and metabolic responses to treatment with naloxone or buprenorphine (a partial opiate agonist) were investigated in a porcine model of septicaemia. Animals anaesthetised with alpha-chloralose were infused with live E. coli over two hours. They were then divided into three groups and received either naloxone (2 mg kg-1 + 1.5 mg kg-1 hr-1) or buprenorphine (0.3 mg kg-1) or an equivalent volume of normal saline. Treatment was started one hour after commencing the infusion, by which time a significant fall in cardiac index (CI), stroke index (SI), mean arterial pressure (MAP), and pH had occurred in all groups, together with a significant rise in mixed venous blood lactate and packed cell volume. Treatment with both naloxone and buprenorphine resulted in significant improvements in CI, pH, and base excess and in a fall in mixed venous lactate and packed cell volume. Although no significant effect on survival was seen at three hours after the start of treatment, buprenorphine may prove to be a suitable alternative to naloxone in the management of septic shock.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D002047:Buprenorphine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002302:Cardiac Output / Q000187:drug effects; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004909:Erythrocyte Indices / Q000187:drug effects; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections; D005260:Female; D007773:Lactates / Q000097:blood; D009270:Naloxone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013552:Swine
chemical_list: D007773:Lactates; D009270:Naloxone; D002047:Buprenorphine