The pharmacokinetics of the intravenous steroid anesthetic alphaxalone in the isolated perfused rat lung |
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Authors: | Michael E. Jones Terence E. Nicholas |
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Affiliation: | (1) Unit of Human Morphology, School of Medicine, The Flinders University of South Australia, 5042 Bedford Park, South Australia;(2) Unit of Human Physiology, School of Medicine, The Flinders University of South Australia, 5042 Bedford Park, South Australia |
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Abstract: | We have examined four mathematical systems modeling the transit of the steroid anesthetic alphaxalone (3-hydroxy-5-pregnane-11,20-dione) through the lung. Using the isolated rat lung perfused with a plasma substitute containing14C-alphaxalone and3H-dextran, we have obtained results that are incompatible with models involving (a) anatomical variations in the microcirculation, (b) high solubility, or (c) specific binding. We develop a stochastic model of a physical process analogous to the sequence of events that takes place in a chromatography column. This model closely fits the experimental data and predicts a peak effluent concentration of alphaxalone that may occur after washout with several exclusion volumes. It represents a delay with the pulmonary compartment that may explain a difference in induction times observed between various intravenous anesthetic agents. |
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Keywords: | alphaxalone steroid kinetics anesthetic lung |
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