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Influence of Epinephrine on Systemic, Myocardial, and Cerebral Acid-Base Status during Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
| Content Provider | Scilit |
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| Author | Lindner, Karl H. Ahnefeld, Friedrich W. Bowdler, Ingrid M. Prengel, Andreas W. |
| Copyright Year | 1991 |
| Description | Journal: Anesthesiology During cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), arterial pH and carbon dioxide tension (PCO2) do not reflect the marked acidosis and hypercapnia seen in venous blood samples during CPR. Epinephrine causes an increase in myocardial and cerebral blood flow during CPR, but the influence on regional venous PCO2 and pH is as yet unknown. Fourteen pigs were allocated to receive either 0.9% saline (n = 7), or 45 micrograms/kg epinephrine (n = 7) after 5 min of ventricular fibrillation and 3 min of open-chest CPR. Blood samples were obtained during CPR from the aorta, pulmonary artery, great cardiac vein, and sagittal sinus before and 90 s and 5 min after drug administration. Regional blood flow was measured with tracer microspheres. Plasma catecholamines were quantified by high-performance liquid chromatography in arterial blood. PCO2 90 s after drug administration in arterial, mixed venous, myocardial venous, and cerebral venous blood were (means +/- SD) 36 +/- 8, 67 +/- 9, 74 +/- 14, and 79 +/- 19 mmHg in the control group and 35 +/- 11, 62 +/- 12, 73 +/- 10, and 71 +/- 14 mmHg in the epinephrine group. pH values 90 s after drug administration in the same blood samples were 7.29 +/- 0.11, 7.11 +/- 0.09, 7.04 +/- 0.09, and 7.07 +/- 0.10 in the control group and 7.31 +/- 0.13, 7.17 +/- 0.07, 7.08 +/- 0.08, and 7.07 +/- 0.12 in the epinephrine group. Despite a significant increase in myocardial and cerebral blood flow after epinephrine, PCO2 and pH in all blood samples were not different from those of the control group. (ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS) |
| Related Links | https://pubs.asahq.org/anesthesiology/article-pdf/74/2/333/321183/0000542-199102000-00021.pdf |
| Ending Page | 339 |
| Page Count | 7 |
| Starting Page | 333 |
| ISSN | 00033022 |
| e-ISSN | 15281175 |
| DOI | 10.1097/00000542-199102000-00021 |
| Journal | Anesthesiology |
| Issue Number | 2 |
| Volume Number | 74 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) |
| Publisher Date | 1991-02-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Journal: Anesthesiology Myocardial and Cerebral |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine |
