| Abstract: | The total hepatic blood flow during the first 2 hours after resuscitation was studied by local thermodilution and obturating catheter methods in experiments on cats anesthetized with pentobarbital. Changes in the blood flow occurred in stages. The brief increase in volume velocity of perfusion immediately after resumption of cardiac contractions was replaced by a rapid fall below the control level, after which the blood flow continued to decrease gradually. Changes in the total hepatic blood flow correspond largely to changes in the minute volume of the heart. Drip infusion of dextran in doses maintaining the central venous pressure at its initial level restored the normal hepatic blood flow and arterial pressure during the period after resuscitation. |
