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  • Title: Effects of meclofenamate on pulmonary vascular resistance correlate with postnatal age in young piglets.
    Author: Redding GJ, McMurtry I, Reeves JT.
    Journal: Pediatr Res; 1984 Jul; 18(7):579-83. PubMed ID: 6472929.
    Abstract:
    We administered sodium meclofenamate, a prostaglandin synthetase inhibitor, to 15 piglets (ages 5-70 d) to test the hypothesis that endogenous prostaglandin pulmonary vasodilators influence total pulmonary resistance under both normoxic and hypoxic conditions. No significant differences in hemodynamic measurements were found between the control group and drug-treated animals more than 12-d-old. When six experimental animals less than 12 d of age were compared with six age-matched controls, meclofenamate produced a small but significant increase in mean pulmonary artery pressure (110 +/- 9 versus 97 +/- 10%, P less than 0.05) and total pulmonary resistance (135 +/- 23 versus 102 +/- 12%, P less than 0.03). The magnitude of the change in total pulmonary resistance produced by 2 mg/kg of meclofenamate during normoxia correlated inversely with postnatal age (r = 0.83, P less than 0.01). Individual changes in pulmonary hemodynamics produced by acute hypoxia after meclofenamate treatment were the same as pretreatment values and were similar in both young and older animals.
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