title: High-dose colforsin daropate increases diaphragmatic contractility in dogs.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the effects of colforsin daropate, a water-soluble derivate known to improve contractility in fatigued canine diaphragm, at two different doses (low-dose and high-dose) on contractility of the non-fatigued diaphragm of dogs.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty-four pentobarbitone-anesthetized dogs were divided into three groups of eight each: Group I received no study drug; Group II received low-dose (0.2 microg x kg-1 x min-1) colforsin daropate; Group III received high-dose (0.5 microg x kg-1 x min-1) colforsin daropate. Diaphragmatic contractility was assessed by transdiaphragmatic pressure (Pdi).
  
  
  RESULTS
  In Group III, with an infusion of high-dose colforsin daropate, Pdi at low-frequency (20 Hz) and high-frequency (100 Hz) stimulation increased from baseline values (P < 0.05). Compared with Group I, Pdi at both stimuli increased during colforsin daropate administration in Group III (P < 0.05). In Group II, with an infusion of low- dose colforsin daropate, Pdi to each stimulus did not change.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Colforsin daropate, only when administered at high-dose, increases contractility of non-fatigued diaphragm in dogs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, University of Tsukuba Institute of Clinical Medicine, Tsukuba City, Ibaraki, Japan. yfujii@igaku.tsukuba.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yoshitaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fujii
authors.forename: Hidenori
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Toyooka
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002302:Cardiac Output / Q000187:drug effects; D005576:Colforsin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003964:Diaphragm / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D004285:Dogs; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: C122001:colforsin daropate; D005576:Colforsin