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Hepatic circulation and hepatic function during anaesthesia and surgery
doi: 10.1007/bf03004141pmid: 14294787
SummaryA technique for hepatic blood-flow determinations is described The hepatic artery blood flow was found to have some degree of independence of the arterial blood pressure, while the portal flow followed systemic circulatory changes Trauma to the liver, metabolic acidosis, or total sympathetic block depressed hepatic artery blood flow Carbon dioxide, epinephrine, or norepmephrine increased the hepatic artery blood flow, however, this effect was related to their systemic circulatory changes Several factors decieased portal oxygen saturation