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Haemorrhage during anaesthesia and surgery: continuous measurement of microcirculatory blood flow in the kidney, liver, skin and skeletal muscle.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  7588673     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Multichannel laser Doppler flowmeters allow continuous, simultaneous measurement of perfusion in several organs. We measured microcirculatory blood flow in the kidney, liver, skin and skeletal muscle in 10 anaesthetized rats subjected to abdominal surgery and graded haemorrhage (withdrawal of 5% total blood volume every 10 min). Mean arterial blood pressure, heart rate and haemoglobin concentrations were also measured. Muscle blood flow decreased after only 10% blood loss, but without significant changes in the other organs. At this time the perfusion signal from the muscle was cycling 2-3 times per min (slow wave flowmotion) which was never seen in any other organ. After 35% blood loss, all organs monitored maintained approximately 70% of initial flow, despite a 45% decrease in mean arterial pressure from 104 +/- 12 to 55 +/- 9 mmHg (mean +/- SD). After 40% blood loss there was a sharp decrease in blood flow in all organs. Haemoglobin concentration decreased from 14.4 +/- 0.8 to 10.8 +/- 1.3 mg dL-1 after 45% blood loss. We conclude that laser Doppler flowmetry is useful for continuous measurement of microcirculatory blood flow in several organs simultaneously during haemorrhagic hypovolaemia. It showed that microcirculatory blood flow in skeletal muscle is particularly sensitive to lesser degrees of blood loss during anaesthesia. Hypovolaemia-induced slow wave flowmotion occurred only in skeletal muscle, which may be linked to fluid mobilization during haemorrhage.
Authors:
D Erni; A Banic; A M Wheatley; G H Sigurdsson
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  European journal of anaesthesiology     Volume:  12     ISSN:  0265-0215     ISO Abbreviation:  Eur J Anaesthesiol     Publication Date:  1995 Jul 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1995-12-07     Completed Date:  1995-12-07     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8411711     Medline TA:  Eur J Anaesthesiol     Country:  ENGLAND    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  423-9     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Berne, Inselspital, Switzerland.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Abdomen / surgery
Anesthesia, General*
Animals
Blood Loss, Surgical / physiopathology*
Blood Pressure
Blood Volume
Fluid Shifts
Heart Rate
Hemoglobins / analysis
Kidney / blood supply*
Laser-Doppler Flowmetry
Liver / blood supply*
Male
Microcirculation
Monitoring, Intraoperative
Muscle, Skeletal / blood supply*
Rats
Rats, Wistar
Regional Blood Flow
Shock / physiopathology
Skin / blood supply*
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Hemoglobins

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