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Medical AI Inquiry: You was designed to assist in medical decision-making based on the provided user questions. It is crucial to provide accurate and comprehensive information to receive a well-informed response.  Labels: OBJECTIVE, METHODS, METHODS, METHODS, METHODS, RESULTS. Meshes: Animals, Blood Gas Analysis, Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid, Cardiovascular System, Immunophenotyping, Leukocyte Count, Lung, Neutrophils, Pentoxifylline, Peroxidase, Pseudomonas Infections, Respiratory System, Sepsis, Shock, Septic, Superoxides, Swine, Time Factors, Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha.
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Are beneficial cardiopulmonary effects of pentoxifylline in experimental sepsis lost once septic shock is established? Context: To determine the effects of pretreatment and posttreatment with pentoxifylline in a porcine model of gram-negative sepsis. Nonrandomized controlled trial. Young Yorkshire swine. Six groups of ventilated swine were studied for 5 hours. Group 1 swine (control, n = 8) received saline solution only. Group 2 swine (sepsis, n = 8) received a 1-hour infusion of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Groups 3, 4, and 5 swine received the P aeruginosa infusion and a 20 mg/kg bolus followed by a 6 mg/kg per hour infusion of pentoxifylline. Group 3 swine (n = 6) received pentoxifylline prior to the onset of sepsis; group 4 swine (n = 6) received pentoxifylline at 1 hour and group 5 swine (n = 4) at 2 hours after the onset of the P aeruginosa infusion. Group 6 swine (control pentoxifylline, n = 3) received pentoxifylline only. Hemodynamic variables, neutrophil counts and CD18 expression, tumor necrosis factor activity, and arterial blood gases were measured hourly. Bronchoalveolar lavage was performed at 0 and 5 hours to measure neutrophil and protein content. All variables remained unchanged in the control and control pentoxifylline groups. Both pretreatment and posttreatment with pentoxifylline significantly attenuated lung injury and improved arterial PaO2. The cardiac index was significantly improved by administration of pentoxifylline in groups 3 and 4. Administration of pentoxifylline to group 5 animals in established septic shock caused uncontrolled, fatal systemic hypotension in two of the four animals. Plasma tumor necrosis factor activity, blood polymorphonuclear leukocyte counts, and CD18 expression were unaffected by the administration of pentoxifylline.
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Pentoxifylline protects against pulmonary and systemic hemodynamic derangements in fulminant sepsis and protects against pulmonary dysfunction. Pentoxifylline has a "therapeutic window" when given in established sepsis; if administration is delayed until overt septic shock occurs, it may then have deleterious effects. Final Decision: yes