Effect of inhaled nitric oxide during group B streptococcal sepsis in piglets.
Effect of inhaled nitric oxide during group B streptococcal sepsis in piglets.
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吸入一氧化氮对仔猪 B 族链球菌败血症的影响。
DOI:
10.1164/ajrccm/147.5.1080
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1993
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Truog,WE
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Berger,JI;Gibson,RL;Redding,GJ;Standaert,TA;Clarke,WR;Truog,WE
Group B streptococcus (GBS), a common gram-positive pathogen, causes similar pathophysiologic changes in newborn humans and animals. Infusion of GBS into neonatal animals produces pulmonary hypertension and ventilation/perfusion (VA/a) mismatch in both early-phase «1 h) and late-phase (2 to 6 h) responses. Contrary to early phase, late phase causes pulmonary vascular injury. Nitric oxide (NO) is an inhaled vasodilator whose effect on pulmonary hypertension and VA/a matching during early and late phases of GBS sepsis is unclear. We hypothesized that inhaled NO (150ppm) would:(1) reverse early-phase GBS-induced pulmonary hypertension;(2) demonstrate less effectiveness in reversing late-phase GBS-induced pulmonary hypertension because of vascular injury;(3) improve late-phase GBS-induced VA/a mismatching. Anesthetized, mechanically ventilated piglets (n= 10; 14±4 days of age) received a 240-min infusion of GBS (1.5 x 109 CFU/kg/h). Piglets received 30 min of NO (Study) or N2 (Control) at 30 and 210 min of GBS infusion. We found that inhaled NO selectively reversed early-and late-phase GBS-induced pulmonary hypertension and that NO was equally as effective in each phase. Inhaled NO did not reverse VA/a mismatching during late-phase GBS. We conclude that 4 h of GBS sepsis does not injure neonatal pulmonary vascular smooth muscle sufficiently to impair its response to inhaled NO.Primary pulmonary hypertension and secondary pulmonary hypertension are important causes or effects of cardiopulmonary disease in all age groups, including neonates. Neonatal pulmonary hypertension can be associated with severe hypoxemia and ventilation/perfusion (lA/a) mismatching (1-4). Treatment of neonatal pulmonary hypertension with intravenously administered vasodilators is not always effective in selectively reducing pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) without also reducing systemic vascular resistance (SVR). The use of intravenously administered vasodilators can exacerbate VA/a mismatching and hypoxemia in preexisting pulmonary hypertension without intracardiac shunts (5, 6).