title: Effects of propranolol administration on cardiac responses to burn injury.
abstract: Previous studies showing that propranolol upregulates beta-adrenergic receptors and protects against myocardial ischemia led us to hypothesize that preburn propranolol would protect against postburn cardiac dysfunction. Guinea pigs were treated with propranolol 3 mg/kg/day for 14 days, then deeply anesthetized and subjected to a 45% 3 degrees scald burn; eight guinea pigs treated with propranolol served as the control group (group 1). Burned guinea pigs were resuscitated with Ringer's lactate given as either 4 ml (group 2, N = 8), 6 ml (group 3, N = 10), or 8 ml (group 4, N = 6) per kg/% burn. Guinea pigs treated for 14 days with vehicle (water) were subjected to either sham burn (non-propranolol control, group 5, N = 10) or burn and treatment (group 6, N = 10) as described for group 2. Fluid resuscitation in non-propranolol-treated guinea pigs failed to overcome burn-induced cardiac deficits, as indicated by significantly lower left ventricular pressure, 86 +/- 2 versus 62 +/- 3 mm Hg; +dP/dt max, 1365 +/- 43 versus 1110 +/- 44 mm Hg/sec; -dP/dt max, 1184 +/- 31 versus 881 +/- 40 mm Hg/sec, p < 0.001. Burn-mediated cardiac defects occurred in all propranolol-treated guinea pigs regardless of the fluid volume given. Our data show that (1) propranolol did not protect against burn-induced cardiac dysfunction, and (2) chronic beta-adrenergic blockade increases postburn fluid requirements for maintenance of cardiodynamic stability and for survival.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235-9031.
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Horton
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Hunt
authors.forename: G F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Purdue
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002056:Burns / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D005440:Fluid Therapy; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D011292:Premedication; D011433:Propranolol / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta / Q000187:drug effects*; D015854:Up-Regulation / Q000187:drug effects; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta; D011433:Propranolol