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Effect of chemical sympathectomy with oxidopamine on systemic blood flow in rats with acute pancreatitis.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  3087651     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
In response to previous demonstrations that either surgical or chemical sympathectomy can ameliorate the severity of acute experimental pancreatitis, and suggestions that the benefits of sympathectomy are related to alterations in the absolute blood flow or the pattern of blood flow within the pancreas or splanchnic organs, we studied blood flow in rats with acute deoxycholate pancreatitis. The animals had preliminary chemical sympathectomy with a false neurotransmitter (oxidopamine) prior to the experiment and were studied for 120 min after the onset of pancreatitis. All animals with pancreatitis had a fall in cardiac output by 120 min but maintained blood flow to the heart and brain by increasing the percent of cardiac output to these organs. Despite a 61% decrease in cardiac output, at 120 min the chemical sympathectomy group showed an increase in the percentage of flow within the pancreas. However, there was no change in the absolute organ blood flow in any group except at the 10 min measurement, when the pancreata showed an absolute increase in all groups. This study does not support the concept that chemical sympathectomy is beneficial in acute pancreatitis but does indicate a specific and possibly beneficial effect on the distribution of pancreatic blood flow. The decreased cardiac output after chemical sympathectomy is a clear disadvantage of this mode of treatment and probably disqualifies systemic chemical sympathectomy as a treatment consideration.
Authors:
P E Donahue; J L Ferguson; P Gama Filho; H S Tsai; W Law; H Akimoto; L M Nyhus
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Circulatory shock     Volume:  19     ISSN:  0092-6213     ISO Abbreviation:  Circ. Shock     Publication Date:  1986  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1986-08-12     Completed Date:  1986-08-12     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0414112     Medline TA:  Circ Shock     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  23-30     Citation Subset:  IM    
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Acute Disease
Animals
Blood Pressure
Cardiac Output
Heart / physiopathology*
Hydroxydopamines
Male
Organ Specificity
Oxidopamine
Pancreatitis / physiopathology*
Rats
Rats, Inbred Strains
Regional Blood Flow*
Sympathectomy, Chemical*
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Hydroxydopamines; 1199-18-4/Oxidopamine

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