Thoracic Epidural Anesthesia Attenuates Hemorrhage-induced Impairment of Intestinal Perfusion in Rats

Author:

Adolphs Jörn1,Schmidt Diego K.1,Mousa Shaaban A.1,Kamin Britta2,Korsukewitz Ines2,Habazettl Helmut3,Schäfer Michael4,Welte Martin5

Affiliation:

1. Postdoctoral Fellow.

2. Medical student.

3. Professor Department of Physiology, Freie Universität Berlin, Department of Anesthesiology, Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin.

4. Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin.

5. Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Klinikum Darmstadt.

Abstract

Background During hemorrhagic hypotension, sympathetic vasoconstriction crucially contributes to gut mucosal damage. Sympathetic blockade by thoracic epidural anesthesia has been shown to increase mucosal microvascular perfusion and to improve survival after severe hemorrhage in laboratory animals. This study investigates the effects of thoracic epidural anesthesia on intestinal microvascular perfusion during hemorrhagic hypotension in rats. Methods In 32 anesthetized Sprague-Dawley rats either lidocaine 2% (thoracic epidural anesthesia) or normal saline (control) was infused via thoracic epidural catheters. Hemorrhagic hypotension (mean arterial pressure 30 mmHg for 60 min) was induced by withdrawal of blood, which was subsequently retransfused for resuscitation. Functional capillary density and erythrocyte velocity in the mucosa and muscularis were determined by intravital microscopy. Leukocyte-endothelium interaction was studied in postcapillary venules and sympathetic nerve fibers of the intestinal wall were identified by immunohistochemistry. Results During hypotension functional capillary density was significantly (P < 0.001) lower in the muscularis of the control group (median [25/75 percentile]: -46.5% [-59.6/-20.8%] change from baseline) as compared with animals that received thoracic epidural anesthesia (-6.1% [-13.4/1.1%]). There were no differences in erythrocyte velocity between groups throughout the experiment. Leukocyte rolling increased significantly (P < 0.001) after resuscitation in control (12 [6/15] vs. baseline 2.5 [1/8]) but not in thoracic epidural anesthesia (4 [2.3/7] vs. baseline: 5 [3/15.5]). Sympathetic nerve fibers were identified in the muscularis and submucosa but not in the mucosa. Conclusions During hemorrhagic hypotension and after resuscitation, thoracic epidural anesthesia has beneficial effects on intestinal microvascular perfusion. Because of blockade of sympathetic nerves, thoracic epidural anesthesia prevents perfusion impairment of the muscularis during hypotension and attenuates leukocyte rolling after resuscitation.

Publisher

Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

Subject

Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

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