title: [The effects of sodium nitroprusside and almitrine bismesylate on blood gases, hemodynamics and oxygen delivery in patients with cor pulmonale].
abstract: The effects of sodium nitroprusside and almitrine bismesylate on blood gases, hemodynamics and oxygen delivery were respectively studied in twenty-one and eighteen patients with cor pulmonale. The treatment of sodium nitroprusside resulted in significant decrease in pulmonary artery pressure. Although physiological shunt was increased (from 12.6 +/- 10.5 to 20.1 +/- 10.9%, P < 0.01) and arterial oxygen tension was decreased (from 12.6 +/- 4.0 to 9.9 +/- 2.5 kPa, P < 0.01) in patients undergoing mechanical ventilation, cardiac index (from 44.8 +/- 10.5 to 53.3 +/- 12.8 ml.s-1/m-2, P < 0.05) and oxygen delivery index (from 7.8 +/- 1.7 to 9.2 +/- 2.3 ml.s-1/m-2, P < 0.05) were improved. After treatment with almitrine bismesylate, improvement of arterial oxygen tension was observed in patients with spontaneous breathing (from 6.7 +/- 0.6 to 7.8 +/- 0.6 kPa, P < 0.05) and undergoing mechanical ventilation (from 10.9 +/- 1.9 to 13.4 +/- 2.5 kPa, P < 0.01), but increment of mean pulmonary artery pressure (from 3.8 to 0.5 and 3.1 +/- 0.8 to 6.3 +/- 0.7 and 3.6 +/- 0.9 kPa, respectively, P < 0.01) was noted.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Zhongshan Hospital, Shanghai Medical University.
authors.forename: C X
authors.initials: CX
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.forename: S F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Niu
authors.forename: H X
authors.initials: HX
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015765:Almitrine / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001784:Blood Gas Analysis; D005260:Female; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009599:Nitroprusside / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010101:Oxygen Consumption / Q000187:drug effects; D011660:Pulmonary Heart Disease / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D009599:Nitroprusside; D015765:Almitrine