Avaliação das alterações macro-hemodinâmicas, microcirculatórias, gasométricas, metabólicas e inflamatórias secundárias à sedação com dexmedetomidina em um modelo experimental de endotoxemia em hamsters

• Autor(a) principal: Miranda, Marcos Lopes de
• Data de Publicação: 2013
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UERJ
• Texto Completo: http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/handle/1/12780
• topic: Sedation; Dexmedetomidine; Endotoxemia; Microcirculation; Sedação; Dexmedetomidina; Endotoxemia; Microcirculação; Dexmedetomidina; Sedação Consciente; Endotoxemia; Microcirculação; Síndrome de Resposta Inflamatória Sistêmica; CNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::MEDICINA

Due to its high incidence, morbidity, mortality and costs to the healthcare system, sepsis stands out among the many indications for intensive care unit (ICU) admission. The microcirculatory dysfunction plays a central role in the genesis and maintenance of the septic syndrome, being a pathophysiologic milestone in this syndrome. Critically ill patients are invariably anxious, agitated, confused, uncomfortable and/or with pain. In this context, sedative drugs are widely used in intensive care medicine. Dexmedetomidine, a potent and highly selective agonist of alpha-2 adrenergic receptors, is gaining ground as the sedative of choice in ICUs due to its effects of "conscious sedation", reducing the duration and incidence of delirium and preservation of spontaneous ventilation. Despite these potential advantages, the indication of dexmedetomidine in sepsis syndrome still lacks knowledge about its effects on microcirculation and perfusion. To characterize microcirculatory actions of dexmedetomidine in an endotoxemia rodent model that allows in vivo studies of microvascular inflammation and perfusion dysfunction, endotoxemia-submitted Syrian golden hamsters, induced by intravenous Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharide (LPS, 1,0 mg.kg-1) administration, were sedated with dexmedetomidine (5,0 μg.kg.h-1). Intravital microscopy of skinfold chamber preparations allowed quantitative analysis of microvascular variables and venular leukocyte rolling and adhesion. Macro-hemodynamic parameters, arterial and portal venous blood gases and lactate concentrations, pulmonary total water, and animal survival were also analyzed. Non-endotoxemic and/or normal saline treated animals served as controls in this experiment. LPS increased leukocyte rolling and adhesion, decreased functional capillary density and red blood cell velocity, and induced metabolic acidosis. Dexmedetomidine treatment significantly attenuated these pathologic responses (p < 0.05). The pulse rate was significantly reduced by the drug (p < 0.05). Other results were not as expressive (statistically or clinically). These results indicate that the use of dexmedetomidine yields a protective effect on the microcirculation of the dorsal skinfold in endotoxemic hamsters. Anti-inflammatory dexmedetomidine effects on leukocytes and the endothelium, subsequently improving capillary perfusion, could represent the in vivo mechanism of the microcirculatory action of the drug.