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ABSTRACT. A rabbit model of septic shock was used to determine if 1) myocardial dysfunction is a common component of shock due to diverse neonatal pathogens, and 2) prostaglandins modulate septic myocardial dysfunction. The infusion of heat-killed Escherichia coli (group I), Haemophilus influenzae (group II), or Staphylococcus epidermidis (group III) produced significant decreases in the first derivative of left ventricular pressure with respect to time (p<0.05). Each organism also produced significant changes in mean arterial pressure, cardiac output, and heart rate, while pulmonary artery pressure was altered in groups I and III. Saline-infused control animals (group IV) exhibited no significant changes in any hemodynamic variable. Blood gas variables were not significantly changed in any group. These cardiovascular changes appeared dependent on arachidonic acid metabolism since indomethacin pretreatment prevented the cardiovascular changes induced by bacterial infusion. These results suggest that septic myocardial dysfunction is a common component of gram-negative and gram-positive septic shock, and that myocardial dysfunction is modulated by prostaglandin products.
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Peevy, K., Reed, T., Chartrand, S. et al. The Comparison of Myocardial Dysfunction in Three Forms of Experimental Septic Shock. Pediatr Res 20, 1240–1242 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-198612000-00010
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-198612000-00010