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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-9-9
pubmed:abstractText
Four groups of twin sheep fetuses were catheterized at 121 days of gestational age and intravenously infused with saline, 0.75 mg.kg-1.h-1 cortisol for 60 h, five intermittent bolus injections of 5 micrograms/kg thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) at 12-h intervals, or both hormones before delivery at 128 days. At birth, the lambs were randomized to receive surfactant or no treatment. Surfactant treatment improved lung function of all the groups. Corticosteroids alone and in combination with TRH improved compliance and gas exchange as well as pressure-volume curves. Corticosteroids alone dramatically decreased the recovery of intravenously administered radiolabeled albumin in the lung tissue and air space and improved the pulmonary response to surfactant treatment. There were no additional effects of TRH when given with corticosteroids on lung function or albumin leak. There were no changes in alveolar surfactant-saturated phosphatidylcholine pool sizes after any hormone treatment. The single significant effect of combined corticosteroid and TRH treatment was a fivefold increase in surfactant protein A in alveolar lavage fluid relative to all other groups.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
8750-7587
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
70
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2268-78
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Corticosteroid and thyrotropin-releasing hormone effects on preterm sheep lung function.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pediatrics, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance 90509.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't