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The life-saving effect of physostigmine in haemorrhagic shock
J Savić1, V M Varagić, D Prokić
1Institute for Medical Research, Military Medical Academy, Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
Resuscitation
|February 1, 1991
Abstract:
The intravenous injection of physostigmine (70 micrograms kg-1) produces a life-saving effect in acute haemorrhagic shock in non-anaesthetized rabbits. This effect is most probably due to a transfer of tissue fluids into circulation. The crucial beneficial effect of physostigmine might be a decrease of the capillary hydrostatic pressure due to changes in pre- to postcapillary resistance ratio. Both lines of defence comprise a normalization of blood pressure and normalization of blood volume, thus saving the life of the animal.