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. 1980 Feb;191(2):157–163. doi: 10.1097/00000658-198002000-00005

Intestinal blood flow at various intraluminal pressures in the piglet with closed abdomen.

W Ruf, G T Suehiro, A Suehiro, V Pressler, J J McNamara
PMCID: PMC1345602  PMID: 7362284

Abstract

The influence of intraluminal pressure on intestinal blood flow was studied in two segments of the small intestine and two of large intestine ligated after insertion of intraluminal catheters in ten piglets. Intestinal segments were inflated in stepwise increments in intraluminal pressures of 15, 30, 45 and 60 mmHg and blood flow was measured with radioactive microspheres using four isotopes (Ce, Cr, Sr, Sc). Other segments were inflated to a pressure of 60 mmHg and then pressure decreased in a stepwise fashion to 30, then 0 mmHg for the last two injections. Small and large intestinal blood flow fell progressively with increasing intraluminal pressure. At 60 mmHg a forward flow of 25% of normal was still present. Furthermore, not only was there an absolute decrease in blood flow with increasing intraluminal pressure but this decrease was disproportionately large in the intestinal mucosa. A hyperemic response lasting approximately 15 minutes was observed after complete decompression. The intestinal blood flow distal to the ligated segments was always moderately increased as compared to intestinal blood flow proximal to the segments. The results reported herein are at some variance from other reported studies performed with the abdomen open and on isolated segment preparations. The reasons for these variations are discussed.

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