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ArticleBrazilian journal of anesthesiology (Elsevier)

Dose-related effects of dexmedetomidine on sepsis-initiated lung injury in rats.

Gülsüm Karabulut, Nurdan Bedirli, Nalan Akyürek, Emin Ümit Bağrıaçık

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Article in Brazilian journal of anesthesiology (Elsevier). The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Gülsüm KarabulutGazi University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Ankara, Turkey. Electronic address: gulsumkarabulut@gazi.edu.tr.
Nurdan BedirliGazi University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Ankara, Turkey.
Nalan AkyürekGazi University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Ankara, Turkey.
Emin Ümit BağrıaçıkGazi University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immunology, Ankara, Turkey.
Gazi University · TR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSepsis is one of the leading causes of death in intensive care units. Dexmedetomidine is a sedative agent with anti-inflammatory properties. This study is designed to differentiate the impact of two different doses of dexmedetomidine on lung injury induced by sepsis.

methodsAdult male Wistar rats were randomly divided into four groups: sham (n = 6), control (n = 12), 5DEX (n = 12), and 10DEX (n = 12). Cecal ligation puncture (CLP) was applied for sepsis initiation. The 5DEX group received 5 μg.kg

resultsSerum cytokine release, MPO activity, and apoptosis in the lung were significantly increased in the CLP group compared with the sham and dexmedetomidine groups (p < 0.05). TNF-α, ICAM-1, and MPO were significantly lower in the 10DEX group compared with both 5DEX and control groups, while IL-1β, total injury score, and apoptotic cell count had significantly lower values in both 10DEX and 5DEX groups compared with the control group (p < 0.05).

conclusionDexmedetomidine administration played a protective role against CLP-induced lung injury. High-dose dexmedetomidine was needed for suppressing the leukocyte-mediated lung injury and apoptosis of lung tissue.

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Acute Lung InjuryDexmedetomidineSepsisAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalLungMaleRatsRats, WistarTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaDexmedetomidineTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaDexmedetomidineLung injurySepsis

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PMID33845100
PMCPMC9373509
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