Neurohistological abnormalities during early porcine endotoxemia.

Bänziger, B; Regueira, T; Vogt, R; Brandt, S; Vandevelde, M; Jakob, Stephan (2015). Neurohistological abnormalities during early porcine endotoxemia. Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica, 59(5), pp. 586-597. Wiley-Blackwell 10.1111/aas.12512

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BACKGROUND

Brain dysfunction is common in sepsis. We aimed to assess whether cerebral perfusion, oxygenation, and/or metabolism are abnormal during early endotoxemia, and how they may relate to potential neurohistological changes.

METHODS

In this prospective animal study, we included 12 pigs (weight: 42 ± 4 kg; mean ± SD) that were exposed to Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharide (E. coli LPS B0111 : B4, 0.4 μg/kg/h) or saline infusion (n = 6, each) for 10 h. Systemic hemodynamics, cerebral blood flow, intracranial pressure, and brain tissue oxygen tension were continuously measured. At the end of the experiment, formalin-fixed brains were cut in coronal sections and embedded in paraffin. Afterwards, the sections were cut at 5 microns and stained with hematoxylin and eosin.

RESULTS

Stable systemic hemodynamics in both groups were associated with higher carotid arterial blood flow after 10 h of endotoxemia (9.0 ± 2.2 ml/kg/min) compared to controls (6.6 ± 1.2 ml/kg/min; time-group interaction: P = 0.014). Intracranial pressure, cerebral perfusion pressure, brain oxygen consumption, and brain tissue oxygen tension were similar in both groups. In four of the six endotoxemic animals but in none of the controls, cerebral tissue lesions were found (encephalomalacia with spongy degeneration of white matter, axonal swelling, and ischemic neuronal thalamic necrosis), including significant venous vascular alterations, predominantly in the brainstem, in three of the four animals.

CONCLUSIONS

Early endotoxemia seems to be associated with histological signs of brain damage unrelated to systemic or cerebral hemodynamics or oxygenation.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Intensive Care, Emergency Medicine and Anaesthesiology (DINA) > Clinic of Intensive Care

UniBE Contributor:

Jakob, Stephan

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

0001-5172

Publisher:

Wiley-Blackwell

Language:

English

Submitter:

Alessandra Angelini

Date Deposited:

04 Feb 2016 10:29

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 14:51

Publisher DOI:

10.1111/aas.12512

PubMed ID:

25782165

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.74864

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/74864

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