Vascular responses to anaesthetic agents
- 1 January 1975
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie
- Vol. 22 (1) , 20-33
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf03004815
Abstract
Data have been presented showing that certain general anaesthetic agents such as halothane decrease the spontaneous activity of the rabbit anterior mesenteric portal vein and decrease the response of venous and aortic strips to exogenous noradrenaline. If these observations can be extrapolated to the intact animal they may indicate that the hypotension occurring with use of such agents may be due not only to cardiac effects but also to peripheral vasodilatation and muting of reflex sympathetic vasoconstriction. Although the response to noradrenaline is antagonized, this appears to be nonspecific effect and no evidence was found for interference with noradrenaline release nor for direct actions on beta-adrenegic receptors. While the thiobarbiturates increased spontaneous activity and tone of the rabbit anterior portal vein no evidence was obtained that this occurred through release of noradrenaline from tissue stores. Certains anesthésiques généraux, tel la halothane, diminuent l’activité spontanée de la veine mésentéro-portale antérieure du lapin et diminuent la réaction de sections de veines et d’aorte à la noradrenaline exogène. Si ces observations sont applicalbes in vivo, cela voudrait dire que l’hypotension qui survient avec ces agents d’anesthésie est due non seulement à leurs effets cardiaques mais également à une vasodilatation périphérique et à une modification de la vasoconstriction réflexe sympathique. Le fait que la réponse à la noradrenaline soit contre-carrée, ne semble pas un effet spécifique; nous n’avons pu démontrer qu’il y ait inhibition à la libération de Noradrenaline ou qu’il y ait d’effets directs sur les récepteursβ. Par ailleurs les thiobarbituriques augmentent l’activité spontanée et le tonus de la veine porte antérieure du lapin. Nous n’avons cependant pu démontrer que cela était produit par une libération de noradrenaline.Keywords
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