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Cerebral blood flow and oxygen consumption in the newborn dog

Journal Article · · Am. J. Physiol.; (United States)
OSTI ID:5558285
Cerebral blood flow (CBF), CBF responses to changes in arterial CO/sub 2/ tension, and cerebral metabolic rate for oxygen (CMRO/sub 2/) were measured in newborn dogs, by means of a modification of the Kety and Schmidt technique employing /sup 133/Xe. Mongrel dogs of 1 to 7 days of age were paralyzed and passively ventilated with 70% N/sub 2/O and 30% O/sub 2/. CBF was derived by analysis of paired serial 20-microliter samples of arterial and of cerebral venous blood from the superior sagittal sinus. At an arterial PCO/sub 2/ of 36.9 +- 3.7 Torr and a mean arterial blood pressure of 62 +- 10 Torr, CBF was 23 +- 8 ml/min per 100 g. The arteriovenous oxygen content difference averaged 5.6 vol %, and CMRO/sub 2/ was 1.13 +- 0.30 ml O/sub 2//min per 100 g. CBF increased or decreased by 0.58 ml/min/100 g per Torr change in PCO/sub 2/. Our results suggest that in the newborn, basal CBF and CBF responses to CO/sub 2/ are considerably lower than in the adult and parallel the lower metabolic needs of the newborn brain.
Research Organization:
Pennsylvania State Univ., Hershey
OSTI ID:
5558285
Journal Information:
Am. J. Physiol.; (United States), Journal Name: Am. J. Physiol.; (United States) Vol. 234:5; ISSN AJPHA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English