TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of temperature on cerebral tissue oxygen tension, carbon dioxide tension, and pH during transient global ischemia in rabbits
AU - Bacher, Andreas
AU - Kwon, Jae Young
AU - Zornow, Mark H.
PY - 1998
Y1 - 1998
N2 - Background: A decrease in brain temperature (T(brain)) causes a decrease in the cerebral metabolic rate for oxygen (CMRO2) and provides potent neuroprotection against ischemic damage. In the present study, the effects of mild to moderate hypothermia on cerebral tissue oxygen tension (P(O2) brain), carbon dioxide tension (P(CO2) brain), and pH (pH(brain)) were monitored during short episodes of global cerebral ischemia. Methods: After approval by the Animal Care and Use Committee, 10 New Zealand white rabbits were anesthetized (1% halothane in air) and mechanical ventilation was adjusted to maintain the arterial carbon dioxide tension at 35 mmHg (αstar). A sensor to measure P(O2) brain, P(CO2), brain, pH(brain), and T(brain) was inserted into the brain through a burr hole in the skull T(brain) was adjusted to 38°C, 34.4°C, and 29.4°C in a random sequence in each animal. P(O2) brain, P(CO2) brain, and pH(brain) (all variables are reported at the actual T(brain)) were recorded every 10 s during a 5-min baseline, 3 min of cerebral ischemia induced by inflation of a neck tourniquet, and 10 min of reperfusion at each level of T(brain). Analysis of variance and Dunnett's test were used for statistical analysis. Data are presented as means ± SD. Results: During ischemia, P(O2) brain decreased from 56 ± 3 to 33 ± 2 mmHg at 38°C, from 58 ± 3 to 32 ± 3 mmHg at 34.4°C, and from 51 ± 2 to 32 ± 2 mrnHg at 29.4°C (p = NS). P(CO2) brain increased by 6.7 ± 2 mmHg at 38°C, by 5.1 ± 1.4 mixing at 34.4°C, and by 2.3 ± 0.8 mmHg at 29.4°C. pH(brain) inversely followed the trend of P(CO2) brain. Conclusions: The attenuated increase in P(CO2) brain during hypothermic ischemia results from the reduced CMLRO2. The similar decrease in P(O2) brain at all temperature levels indicates that despite the reduction in CMRO2, P(O2) brain is no better preserved during brief episodes of hypothermic ischemia than during normothermic ischemia.
AB - Background: A decrease in brain temperature (T(brain)) causes a decrease in the cerebral metabolic rate for oxygen (CMRO2) and provides potent neuroprotection against ischemic damage. In the present study, the effects of mild to moderate hypothermia on cerebral tissue oxygen tension (P(O2) brain), carbon dioxide tension (P(CO2) brain), and pH (pH(brain)) were monitored during short episodes of global cerebral ischemia. Methods: After approval by the Animal Care and Use Committee, 10 New Zealand white rabbits were anesthetized (1% halothane in air) and mechanical ventilation was adjusted to maintain the arterial carbon dioxide tension at 35 mmHg (αstar). A sensor to measure P(O2) brain, P(CO2), brain, pH(brain), and T(brain) was inserted into the brain through a burr hole in the skull T(brain) was adjusted to 38°C, 34.4°C, and 29.4°C in a random sequence in each animal. P(O2) brain, P(CO2) brain, and pH(brain) (all variables are reported at the actual T(brain)) were recorded every 10 s during a 5-min baseline, 3 min of cerebral ischemia induced by inflation of a neck tourniquet, and 10 min of reperfusion at each level of T(brain). Analysis of variance and Dunnett's test were used for statistical analysis. Data are presented as means ± SD. Results: During ischemia, P(O2) brain decreased from 56 ± 3 to 33 ± 2 mmHg at 38°C, from 58 ± 3 to 32 ± 3 mmHg at 34.4°C, and from 51 ± 2 to 32 ± 2 mrnHg at 29.4°C (p = NS). P(CO2) brain increased by 6.7 ± 2 mmHg at 38°C, by 5.1 ± 1.4 mixing at 34.4°C, and by 2.3 ± 0.8 mmHg at 29.4°C. pH(brain) inversely followed the trend of P(CO2) brain. Conclusions: The attenuated increase in P(CO2) brain during hypothermic ischemia results from the reduced CMLRO2. The similar decrease in P(O2) brain at all temperature levels indicates that despite the reduction in CMRO2, P(O2) brain is no better preserved during brief episodes of hypothermic ischemia than during normothermic ischemia.
KW - Cerebral tissue
KW - Extraction
KW - Hypothermia
KW - New Zealand white rabbit
KW - Oxyhemoglobin dissociation
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U2 - 10.1097/00000542-199802000-00019
DO - 10.1097/00000542-199802000-00019
M3 - Article
C2 - 9477061
AN - SCOPUS:0344157432
SN - 0003-3022
VL - 88
SP - 403
EP - 409
JO - Anesthesiology
JF - Anesthesiology
IS - 2
ER -