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Deferoxamine Preventable Hepatocellular Damage, Following Hemorrhagic Shock, Charles F. Babbs, David W. Griffin
Deferoxamine Preventable Hepatocellular Damage, Following Hemorrhagic Shock, Charles F. Babbs, David W. Griffin
Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering Faculty Working Papers
To examine the role of iron in mediating hepatocellular damage during reperfusion after hemorrhagic shock, we studied five groups of n=4 or 5 dogs, bled to reduce mean arterial pressure to 35 mmHg (± 5mrnHg) for three hours and subsequently treated 20 minutes prior to reinfusion of shed blood with either 0.9% saline, 5 ml/kg; deferoxamine, 50 μg/kg in 0.9% saline; 6% pentastarch solution, 5 ml/kg; deferoxamine covalently bound to 6% pentastarch, 50 μg/kg; or iron loaded deferoxamine in 0.9% saline. Saturation of iron binding capacity increased during hemorrhagic shock and remained high in all but the def eroxamine pentastarch …