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Arginine Supplementation and Its Effect on Established Peritonitis in Guinea Pigs
Sara J. Gonce, B.A., B.S.
Department of Surgery, Uniuersity of Cincinnati Medical Center, and Shriners Burns Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio
Michael D. Peck, M.D.
Department of Surgery, Uniuersity of Cincinnati Medical Center, and Shriners Burns Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio
J. Wesley Alexander, M.D., Sc.D.
Department of Surgery, Uniuersity of Cincinnati Medical Center, and Shriners Burns Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio
Phillip W. Miskell, B.A., B.S.
Department of Surgery, Uniuersity of Cincinnati Medical Center, and Shriners Burns Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio
To evaluate the efficacy of supplemental arginine with nutritional support in the presence of sepsis, eighty-eight gastrostomized female Hartley guinea pigs were implanted with osmotic pumps effusing an Eschericia coli/Staphylococcus aureus mixture. Animals were randomized and infused for two weeks with isocaloric and isovolumetric diets containing 0%, 2%, 4%, or 6% supplemental arginine as arginine hydrochloride. Survival was 12/22 (54%) in 0%, 9/22 (41%) in 2% and 4%, and 2/22 (9%) in 6%. Analysis by chi-square test of independence was significant (p = 0.0141) with 6% survival lower than the others. Median survival was 11 days in 0%, 8 days in 2% and 6%, and 9 days in 4%. Median survival was longer in 0% than in 2% or 6% (Kruskal-Wallis ANOVA: p = 0.02). Nitrogen balance was significantly lower in 6% compared to 0% on days 2 through 10, and lower than 2% and 4% on days 6 and 9. Nitrogen balance was higher in 0% than in 2% on days 4, 6, 10, and 13. Serum albumin and C3 were lower in all experimental groups than normal controls (ANOVA: p = 0.01). Comparison of liver, spleen, adrenals, gastrocnemius, and carcass weights, cell-mediated immunity as determined by contact sensitivity to DNFB, and transferrin showed no significant differences. There was a positive dose-response effect seen amongst the experimental groups for the amino acids arginine, ornithine, and citrulline in relation to the amount of supplemental arginine. This study suggests that dietary arginine supplementation does not enhance survival in a guinea pig model of established peritonitis. ( Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition 14:237-244, 1990)
Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, Vol. 14, No. 3,
237-244 (1990)
DOI: 10.1177/0148607190014003237
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