Journal
SHOCK
Volume 31, Issue 1, Pages 104-110Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/SHK.0b013e31817c06ed
Keywords
Jejunum; microcirculation; prostacyclin; sepsis
Funding
- Osterreichische Nationalbank, Jubilaumsfondsprojekt [11022]
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The objective of the present study was to determine the effects of increasing dosages of continuously infused epoprostenol (PGI), a prostacyclin analog, on intestinal oxygen supply and jejunal mucosal tissue oxygen tension in an acute endotoxic pig model. Jejunal mucosal tissue Po-2, oxygen saturation of jejunal microvascular hemoglobin, and gut microvascular blood flow were investigated. Systemic hemodynamic variables, mesenteric-venous and systemic acid base and blood gas variables, and lactate measurements were recorded. Measurements were performed at baseline, after Escherichia coli LPS administration, and at 20-min intervals during incremental PGI infusion (n = 8; 25, 50, 100, and 200 mu g.kg(-1).h(-1), respectively); or infusion of an equal amount of isotonic sodium chloride solution (n = 7). LPS infusion led to a significant decrease in mucosal tissue oxygen tension and microvascular hemoglobin oxygen saturation. Epoprostenol infusion led to a significant, dose-dependent increase in cardiac index and systemic oxygen delivery. Mucosal tissue oxygen tension and microvascular hemoglobin oxygen saturation increased after PGI administration and even returned to more-than-baseline values. Continuously infused PGI increased intestinal hemoglobin oxygen saturation and mucosal tissue oxygen tension in a dose-dependent manner mainly due to an increase in villus blood flow in this acute endotoxic pig model.
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