Mechanisms of tissue hypoperfusion in experimental sepsis and effects of volume resuscitation with hypertonic-isoncotic saline solution and pentoxiphylline

The septic shock hemodynamic instability has as major component the reduction of tissue perfusion, which is known to aggravate morbidity and mortality. Knowing this, the early and correct choice of therapy to be instituted, including the type and time of fluid inoculation is an important step to help increase the survival rate of these patients. Thus, this experiment was designed to better understand the macro and micro-hemodynamic events of this syndrome, in order to verify the perfusion effects of early treatment with hypertonic-isoncotic saline solution and pentoxiphylline in septic shocked pigs. We studied the effects of hypertonic-isoncotic saline solution (Hyperhaes ®) compared to its association or not to pentoxiphylline, and compared to crystalloid Ringer lactate. We used 29 male and female pigs of 29kg on average. Septic shock was induced by an intravascular solution (0.6 x 1010 cfu/kg) of an enteropathogenic strain (O55) of Escherichia coli for 60 minutes. The animals were observed without intervention for 30 minutes and treatment was chosen randomly: group Ringer lactate (32ml/kg in 20 minutes, n = 9); hypertonic-isoncotic saline solution (4 ml/kg in 5 minutes, n = 7); hypertonic-isoncotic saline solution with pentoxiphylline (4ml/kg and 25mg/kg, respectively, in 5 minutes, n = 8) and Control group (no treatment, n = 5). The animals received maintenance fluid (10 ml/kg/hour 0.9% saline solution) without any other intervention than the treatments of each group during the evaluation period. Hemodynamic, ventilation and oxygenation assessments were performed. The mixed venous oxygen saturation was observed at 120 and 150 minutes and when it was below 70% a new fluid therapy was given (HSPTX and HS groups received 32 ml/kg of saline solution 0.9% in 20 minutes and RL group 32 ml/kg Ringer's lactate also in 20 min.). Tissue samples of the heart, lungs, jejunum, colon, liver and kidneys were collected for histopathological examination and kept...