Dexmedetomidine Prevents Alterations of Intestinal Microcirculation That Are Induced by Surgical Stress and Pain in a Novel Rat Model

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Ines, and lead to splanchnic arterial vasoconstriction. METHODS: We divided 30 male Wistar rats into the following 3 groups: control, surgical stress and pain (SSP), and surgical stress and pain + dexmedetomidine (SSP + Dex). The rats received midline laparotomy to exteriorize a segment of terminal ileum for microcirculation examination by a full-field laser perfusion imager and sidestream dark-field video microscope on mucosa, muscle, and Peyer patch. The inspired concentration of isoflurane was decreased from 1.2% to 0.7% in SSP and SSP + Dex groups. In the SSP + Dex group, the rats received an initial loading dose of dexmedetomidine (0.5 μg/kg) and a maintenance infusion (0.5 μg · kg−1 · h−1). RESULTS: Dexmedetomidine prevented surgical stress and pain-related tachycardia and hypertension, and it attenuated the reduction of the microcirculatory blood flow intensity in intestinal mucosa (1100 ± 185 perfusion units [PU] vs 800 ± 105 PU, P = 0.001) and muscle (993 ± 208 PU vs 713 ± 92 PU, P < 0.001). Dexmedetomidine restored perfused small vessel density in intestinal mucosa and muscle. CONCLUSIONS: We established a promising rat model to investigate the effect of surgical stress and pain stimulation on the intestinal microcirculation during light anesthesia. Using this rat model, we found that dexmedetomidine can normalize global hemodynamics and prevent the alteration of intestinal microcirculation....

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