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1 Department of Anesthesiology, Westfälische-Wilhelms-Universität, Münster, Germany 48149; and 2 Departments of Anesthesiology, Physiology, and Biophysics, The University of Texas Medical Branch, and The Shriners Burns Institute, Galveston, Texas 77555-0833
We investigated the effects of modified
hemoglobin on regional blood flow and function of different organs
during hyperdynamic sepsis. Fourteen sheep were surgically prepared for
the study. After a 5-day recovery period, a continuous infusion of live
Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria was
begun and maintained for 48 h. At 24 h, after a hyperdynamic
circulation had developed, the animals were randomly assigned to two
groups: 1) a treatment group
(n = 7) that received an infusion with
100 mg/kg pyridoxalated hemoglobin polyoxyethylene conjugate (PHP) over
30 min and 2) a control group (n = 7) that received only the
vehicle. PHP infusion increased mean arterial pressure from 86 ± 2.8 to 101.8 ± 3.5 mmHg (P < 0.05) and systemic vascular resistance index from 769 ± 42.1 to 1,087 ± 56.8 dyn · s · m2 · cm
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(P < 0.05). PHP
infusion did not decrease regional blood flow, measured with
fluorescent microspheres, below the baseline values in any of the
analyzed tissues. None of the investigated blood chemistry variables
showed any changes indicative of impaired organ function after PHP
infusion. In our model of ovine sepsis we found no side effects after
PHP infusion that would limit the use of PHP as a nitric oxide
scavenger in sepsis.
sepsis; modified hemoglobin; hemoglobin; nitric oxide; regional blood flow; kidney function
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