J Korean Assoc Pediatr Surg.  2000 Jun;6(1):10-18. 10.13029/jkaps.2000.6.1.10.

Characteristics of Multiple Organ Failure in Baby Rats

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  • 1Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of General Surgery Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea.

Abstract

Multisystem organ failure resulting from gram negative bacterial sepsis is associated with high morbidity and mortality in surgical neonates. There are differences in the clinical characteristics of organ failure in neonates and adults. The purpose of this study is to identify the differences and determine the order of organ failure between baby rats and adult rats after induction of gram negative sepsis. Fifty baby rats less than 30-day-old and another 50 adult rats more than 2-month-old were divided into control group (G1) and experimental group (G2). The G1 consisted of 10 baby- and 10 adult-rats, and the G2 consisted of 40 babies and 40 adults. E. coli (108/mL per 100g of body weight) were injected into the peritoneal cavity in G2 and same amount of saline was injected in G1. Blood samples were obtained before injection, 24 hour, 48 hour, 72 hour and after death. WEC, platelet, PaO2, PaCO2, total bilirubin, BUN, creatinine, albumin and abdominal wall thickness were measured to evaluate the sequence of organ failure. The mortality was 55.0 % in G2-babies and 32.5 % in G2-adults. In baby rats, microvascular, hematologic and renal failure appeared within 24 hours after injection and pulmonary failure followed. Pulmonary, renal and liver failure developed within 24-48 hours in adult rats; however, microvascular failure did not appear until they were moribund. Thrombocytopenia, hypoalbuminemia, increased BUN and generalized edema was the earlist sign of sepsis in baby rats.

Keyword

Neonate; Sepsis; Multiple organ failure

MeSH Terms

Abdominal Wall
Adult
Animals
Bilirubin
Blood Platelets
Creatinine
Edema
Humans
Hypoalbuminemia
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Liver Failure
Mortality
Multiple Organ Failure*
Peritoneal Cavity
Rats*
Renal Insufficiency
Sepsis
Thrombocytopenia
Bilirubin
Creatinine
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