Dopamine Does Not Limit Fetal Cerebrovascular Responses to Hypoxia.
From: Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-6320, USA. mayock@u.washington.edu
Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985)
- Publish Date: Jan 2007
- ISSN: 8750-7587
- Volume: 102
- Issue: 1
- Pages: 130-4
- Medium: Print
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Mayock Dennis E, Bennett Rachel, Robinson Roderick D, et al. Dopamine Does Not Limit Fetal Cerebrovascular Responses to Hypoxia.. J. Appl. Physiol. Jan 2007;102:130-4
Abstract
Dopamine is used clinically to stabilize mean arterial blood pressure (MAP) in sick infants. One goal of this therapeutic intervention is to maintain adequate cerebral blood flow (CBF) and perfusion pressure. High-dose intravenous dopamine has been previously demonstrated to increase cerebrovascular resistance (CVR) in near-term fetal sheep. We hypothesized that this vascular response might limit cerebral vasodilatation during acute isocapnic hypoxia. We studied nine near-term chronically catheterized unanesthetized fetal sheep. Using radiolabeled microspheres to measure fetal CBF, we calculated CVR at baseline, during fetal hypoxia, and then with the addition of an intravenous dopamine infusion at 2.5, 7.5, and 25 microg.kg(-1).min(-1) while hypoxia continued. During acute isocapnic fetal hypoxia, CBF increased 73.0 +/- 14.1% and CVR decreased 38.9 +/- 4.9% from baseline. Dopamine infusion at 2.5 and 7.5 microg.kg(-1).min(-1), begun during hypoxia, did not alter CVR or MAP, but MAP increased when dopamine infusion was increased to 25 microg.kg(-1).min(-1). Dopamine did not alter CBF or affect the CBF response to hypoxia at any dose. However, CVR increased at a dopamine infusion rate of 25 microg.kg(-1).min(-1). This increase in CVR at the highest dopamine infusion rate is likely an autoregulatory response to the increase in MAP, similar to our previous findings. Therefore, in chronically catheterized unanesthetized near-term fetal sheep, dopamine does not alter the expected cerebrovascular responses to hypoxia.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Animals, Anoxia, Blood Pressure, Cerebrovascular Circulation, Dopamine, Dopamine Agents, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Female, Fetus, Heart Rate, Homeostasis, Pregnancy, Regional Blood Flow, Sheep, Vasodilation
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