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Beta2 adrenergic antagonist inhibits cerebral cortical oxygen delivery after severe haemodilution in rats.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  16956895     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
BACKGROUND: Haemodilution has been associated with neurological morbidity in surgical patients. This study tests the hypothesis that inhibition of cerebral vasodilatation by systemic beta2 adrenergic blockade would impair cerebral oxygen delivery leading to tissue hypoxia in severely haemodiluted rats. METHODS: Under general anaesthesia, cerebral tissue probes were placed to measure temperature, regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) and tissue oxygen tension (P(Br)O2) in the parietal cerebral cortex or hippocampus. Baseline measurements were established before and after systemic administration of either a beta2 antagonist (10 mg kg(-1) i.v., ICI 118, 551) or saline vehicle. Acute haemodilution was then performed by simultaneously exchanging 50% of the estimated blood volume (30 ml kg(-1)) with pentastarch. Arterial blood gases (ABGs), haemoglobin concentration (co-oximetry), mean arterial blood pressure (MAP) and heart rate (HR) were also measured. Data were analysed using a two-way anova and post hoc Tukey's test [mean (sd)]. RESULTS: Haemodilution reduced the haemoglobin concentration comparably in all groups [71 (9) g litre(-1)]. There were no differences in ABGs, co-oximetry, HR and MAP measurements between control and beta2 blocked rats, either before or 60 min after drug or vehicle administration. In rats treated with the beta2 antagonist there was a significant reduction in parietal cerebral cortical temperature, regional blood flow and tissue oxygen tension, relative to control rats, 60 min after haemodilution (P<0.05 for each). These differences were not observed when probes were placed in the hippocampus. CONCLUSION: Systemic beta2 adrenergic blockade inhibited the compensatory increase in parietal cerebral cortical oxygen delivery after haemodilution thereby reducing cerebral cortical tissue oxygen tension.
Authors:
G M T Hare; J M A Worrall; A J Baker; E Liu; N Sikich; C D Mazer
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2006-09-06
Journal Detail:
Title:  British journal of anaesthesia     Volume:  97     ISSN:  0007-0912     ISO Abbreviation:  Br J Anaesth     Publication Date:  2006 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2006-10-11     Completed Date:  2006-11-28     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0372541     Medline TA:  Br J Anaesth     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  617-23     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesia and the Cara Phelan Centre for Trauma Research, University of Toronto, St Michael's Hospital 30 Bond Street, Toronto, Ontario M5B 1W8, Canada. hareg@smh.toronto.on.ca
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / pharmacology*
Animals
Blood Pressure / drug effects,  physiology
Brain / physiology
Cerebrovascular Circulation / drug effects,  physiology
Heart Rate / drug effects,  physiology
Hemodilution*
Male
Oxygen / blood
Oxygen Consumption / drug effects*,  physiology
Partial Pressure
Rats
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-2 / antagonists & inhibitors
Temperature
Vasodilation / drug effects,  physiology
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; 0/Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-2; 7782-44-7/Oxygen

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