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A model of experimental endotoxin shock in monkeys and its therapeutic control
Abstract:
The course and therapy of endotoxin shock were studied in 34 monkeys Macaca mulatta. E. coli endotoxin was infused intravenously to conscious animals. The individual responses to a dose of 3 mg . kg-1 exhibited a considerable variability. A part of shocked animals were successfully rescued by a combined infusion of dopamine, hydrocortisone, and dextran; untreated animals died of endotoxin shock. Morphological changes in their parenchymatous organs were little marked in the acute experiment.