AN ASSOCIATION BETWEEN LUNG LYMPH ENDOTHELIN CONCENTRATION AND SURVIVAL DURING ENDOTOXEMIA IN AWAKE SHEEP

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Endotoxin stimulates synthesis of endothelin which can cause pulmonary and systemic vasoconstriction and bronchoconstriction. Prolonged endotoxemia in sheep results in dramatic increases in pulmonary and systemic vascular resistances in nonsurvivors compared with survivors. Experiments were conducted in 12 conscious sheep (seven survivors, five nonsurvivors) to determine if synthesis of endothelin might contribute to the pathophysiology in nonsurvivors. Endotoxin was infused at 10 ng/min/kg for 12 h followed by a 4 h recovery in survivors. Lung lymph endothelin concentration peaked at 38.7 ± 5.8 pg/mL during the endotoxin infusion in survivors compared with a peak of 128.7 ± 33.0 pg/mL (p

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