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Intra-Abdominal Hypertension Causes Bacterial Growth in Lungs: An Animal Study
Joint Authors
Manoulakas, Efstratios
Papacrivou, Eleni
Mitroudi, Magda
Tepetes, Konstantinos
Papazoglou, Konstantinos
Zakynthinos, Epaminondas
Makris, Demosthenes
Source
Issue
Vol. 2017, Issue 2017 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2017-03-05
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
To study the effect of intra-abdominal hypertension (IAH) on the frequency of pneumonia with an experimental study, thirteen Sprague-Dawley rats were included.
Eight out of thirteen animals were randomly assigned to receive 10 ml of benzalkonium chloride 0.2% (megacolon group) and five animals received 10 ml NaCl 0.9% (controls).
Animals were anaesthetized by intramuscular delivery of ketamine.
The incidence of positivity for bacteria lung tissue cultures and mesenteric lymph node cultures was assessed at the 21st day after animals’ sacrification, or before in case of death.
All megacolon group animals presented progressive increase of the abdomen and increased IAP (≥10 mmHg) whereas the frequency of their evacuations was almost eliminated.
Controls presented normal evacuations, no sign of abdominal distention, and normal IAP.
In megacolon group animals, there was evidence of significant amount of bacteria in lung cultures.
In contrast, no bacteria were found in control animals.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Papacrivou, Eleni& Makris, Demosthenes& Manoulakas, Efstratios& Mitroudi, Magda& Tepetes, Konstantinos& Papazoglou, Konstantinos…[et al.]. 2017. Intra-Abdominal Hypertension Causes Bacterial Growth in Lungs: An Animal Study. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1137164
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Papacrivou, Eleni…[et al.]. Intra-Abdominal Hypertension Causes Bacterial Growth in Lungs: An Animal Study. BioMed Research International No. 2017 (2017), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1137164
American Medical Association (AMA)
Papacrivou, Eleni& Makris, Demosthenes& Manoulakas, Efstratios& Mitroudi, Magda& Tepetes, Konstantinos& Papazoglou, Konstantinos…[et al.]. Intra-Abdominal Hypertension Causes Bacterial Growth in Lungs: An Animal Study. BioMed Research International. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1137164
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1137164