Effects of pentoxifylline on hemodynamics and oxygenation in septic and nonseptic patients

Critical Care Medicine
A BacherA Hammerle

Abstract

To evaluate the effects of pentoxifylline on hemodynamics and systemic oxygenation in septic and nonseptic critically ill patients. Prospective clinical investigation. Intensive care unit (ICU) of a university hospital. Nineteen critically ill patients were included in the study 1 to 4 days after their admission to the ICU. A systemic inflammatory response syndrome was present in 12 patients, fulfilling at least two of the American College of Chest Physicians/ Society of Critical Care Medicine Consensus Conference criteria. The other seven patients did not fulfill these criteria and were classified as nonseptic. All patients were mechanically ventilated. The dosage of catecholamines was kept constant during the entire study period and at least during 15 mins before the start of the study. In both study groups, pulmonary and radial artery catheters were inserted and 5 mg/kg of pentoxifylline (diluted in 300 mL of physiologic saline) was intravenously administered over a period of 180 mins at a rate of 100 mL/hr. Hemodynamic variables, oxygen transport (DO2), oxygen uptake (VO2), and oxygen extraction ratio were determined before pentoxifylline, after 2.5 mg/kg of pentoxifylline, after 5 mg/kg of pentoxifylline, and 60 mins after...Continue Reading

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