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: M Goto, A J Griffin, P Chiemmongkoltip, N Ohya
• Journal: Circulatory shock (Circ Shock) Vol. 32 Issue 2 Pg. 123-32 (Oct 1990) ISSN: 0092-6213 [Print] United States
• PMID: 1979257 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Adrenergic beta-Agonists
• Dopamine beta-Hydroxylase
• Isoproterenol
• Dopamine

Topics

• Adrenergic beta-Agonists (therapeutic use)
• Animals
• Animals, Newborn
• Blood Pressure (drug effects)
• Cardiac Output (drug effects)
• Dogs
• Dopamine (therapeutic use)
• Dopamine beta-Hydroxylase (blood)
• Hemodynamics (drug effects)
• Isoproterenol (therapeutic use)
• Shock, Septic (drug therapy, enzymology, physiopathology)