Therapeutic Effect of Anisodamine on Experimental Pulmonary Edema After Sea-water Drowning

Objective To study the therapeutic effect of anisodamine on pulmonary edema after sea-water drowning(PE-SWD). Methods Rat models of PE-SWD were set up by infusing sea-water into rats lungs,and then were randomly divided into PE-SWD model group(M group) and therapeutic group with anisodamine(T group). Blood-gas indexes of arterial blood were measured at 0.5, 1, 2, 4 and 6 hours after infusion. TNF-α levels in the plasma,bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) and lung tissues were detected by ELISA. At the same time,the dry/wet weight of lung was also measured. Results The levels of blood PaO_2,SO_2 and pH in T group were obviously higher than those in M group 2h after infusion. The dry/wet weight of lung in T group was lower than that in M group. The concentration of TNF-α in plasma, BALF and lung tissues in the both M and T groups significantly higher than that in control group, and reached maximum 1h after infusion. After infusion,the TNF-α contentration in all tested specimens in T group was obviously lower than that in M group. Conclusion There was the therapeutic effect of anisodamine on the pulmonary edema after sea-water drowning possibly by decreasing TNF-α level.