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The role of toxic oxygen metabolites in a young model of thermal injury.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  7473925     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Production of oxygen-free radicals has been proposed as one pathophysiologic mechanism for postburn cardiac contractile dysfunction in adults. To examine this hypothesis in young subjects, we studied the cardiac effects of polyethylene glycol-superoxide dismutase (PEG-SOD) and PEG-catalase (PEG-CAT), each given as 20 U/g of body weight with fluid resuscitation (Parkland formula), after a third-degree burn constituting 33% of the total body surface area in young (6- to 7-day old) guinea pigs (group 3, n = 12). Fluid-treated burns without scavenger therapy (group 2, n = 15) and sham burn controls (group 1, n = 15) were included. Animals were killed 24 hours postburn, and hearts were studied in vitro (Langendorff). Compared with sham burn controls, fluid-treated burns (group 2) had significant cardiac dysfunction as indicated by a lower peak systolic left ventricular (LV) pressure (LVP: 67 +/- 2 vs. 57 +/- 4 mm Hg, p = 0.01, mean +/- SEM), maximal rate of LV pressure development (+dP/dt max: 1169 +/- 45 vs. 988 +/- 45 mm Hg/second, p = 0.01), and fall (-dP/dt max: 1109 +/- 45 vs. 919 +/- 49 mm Hg/second, p = 0.01). In addition, LV function curves calculated for group 2 were shifted downward and to the right of those calculated for sham burn controls in the direction of contractile depression, p = 0.01. PEG-SOD/PEG-CAT treatment in burns did not significantly improve LVP (60 +/- 5 mm Hg), but scavenger therapy improved +/-dP/dt max values (1112 +/- 74 and 988 +/- 98 mm Hg/second, respectively).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
Authors:
J W Horton; K P Burton; D J White
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The Journal of trauma     Volume:  39     ISSN:  0022-5282     ISO Abbreviation:  J Trauma     Publication Date:  1995 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1995-11-30     Completed Date:  1995-11-30     Revised Date:  2007-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0376373     Medline TA:  J Trauma     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  563-9     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas 75235-9031, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Burns / metabolism,  physiopathology*
Catalase
Free Radical Scavengers*
Guinea Pigs
Heart / physiopathology*
Hemodynamics
Myocardial Contraction
Oxygen / metabolism*
Superoxide Dismutase
Ventricular Pressure
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Free Radical Scavengers; 7782-44-7/Oxygen; EC 1.11.1.6/Catalase; EC 1.15.1.1/Superoxide Dismutase

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