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01-02-2004 | Poster presentation
Blood flow changes during septic shock compared with controlled stepwise blood flow reduction in the superior mesenteric artery: effects on microcirculatory blood flow in the small intestine
Authors:
V Krejci, L Hiltebrand, S Jakob, G Sigurdsson
Published in:
Critical Care
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Special Issue 1/2004
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Excerpt
Splanchnic ischemia due to sepsis or hemorrhage is believed to be involved in the pathogenesis of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome. In previous studies performed in our laboratory we have studied microcirculatory blood flow of the small intestinal mucosa in a porcine model of septic shock [
1]. We have demonstrated that microcirculatory blood flow (MBF) was redistributed from the jejunal muscularis towards the mucosa. The aim of this study was to measure changes in MBF in the jejunum during stepwise occlusion of the superior mesenteric artery (SMA). …