Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 64, Issue 4 1676-1682, Copyright © 1988 by American Physiological Society

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Pulmonary hemodynamics at birth: effect of acute cyclooxygenase inhibition in lambs

D. Davidson
Department of Pediatrics, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032.

The effect of acute cyclooxygenase (CYO) inhibition on the cardiopulmonary adjustments at birth was examined in chronically instrumented, unanesthetized, term lambs before, during, and after cesarean section (spontaneous respiration). One of three infusions was started 20 min before birth: saline control (C, n = 6), indomethacin (I, n = 6), or meclofenamate (M, n = 3). The stable metabolite of prostacyclin, plasma 6-ketoprostaglandin F1 alpha (6-keto-PGF1 alpha, aorta), was measured by radioimmunoassay as an index of CYO activity. Indomethacin blocked the rise of 6-keto-PGF1 alpha observed in control lambs after birth and indomethacin-treated lambs exhibited an attenuation of the postnatal decrease in mean pulmonary arterial pressure. Pulmonary arterial pressure (Ppa) was 53 +/- 2 and 47 +/- 2 Torr (mean +/- SE) at 15 min and 40 +/- 3 and 34 +/- 2 Torr at 120 min in I and C groups, respectively. There were no serial or group differences in cardiac output and cardiac right to left shunt (indicator dilution) from 15 to 120 min after birth. Arterial PO2 (PaO2) was not different between groups: 37 +/- 4 Torr at 15 min and 47 +/- 5 min at 120 min after birth (control lambs). The results for I and M were similar for all measurements.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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