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EFFECTS OF SPINAL-ANESTHESIA ON RESPONSE TO MAIN PULMONARY ARTERIAL DISTENSION
EFFECTS OF SPINAL-ANESTHESIA ON RESPONSE TO MAIN PULMONARY ARTERIAL DISTENSION JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY Pearl, R. G., McLean, R. F., Rosenthal, M. H. 1988; 64 (2): 742-747Abstract
Nonocclusive main pulmonary arterial distension produces peripheral pulmonary hypertension. The mechanism of this response is unknown. The effects of total spinal anesthesia on the response were studied in halothane-anesthetized dogs. Before total spinal anesthesia, main pulmonary arterial balloon inflation increased pulmonary arterial pressure and resistance without affecting systemic hemodynamic variables. Both right and left pulmonary arterial pressures were monitored to exclude unilateral obstruction with main pulmonary arterial balloon inflation. Total spinal anesthesia decreased cardiac output and systemic arterial pressures. After total spinal anesthesia, main pulmonary arterial distension still increased pulmonary arterial pressure and resistance. Right atrial pacing, discontinuation of halothane anesthesia, and norepinephrine infusion during total spinal anesthesia partially reversed the hemodynamic changes caused by total spinal anesthesia. The percent increase in pulmonary vascular resistance due to main pulmonary arterial distension was similar before total spinal anesthesia and during all experimental conditions during total spinal anesthesia. The pulmonary hypertensive response is therefore not dependent on central synaptic connections.
View details for Web of Science ID A1988M317200033
View details for PubMedID 3372430