Importance of thermoregulation in traumatic and haemorrhagic shock in the anaesthetized rabbit
Alho, A.; Mäkinen, M.; Lounavaara, A.; Lahti, R.
Annales Chirurgiae et Gynaecologiae 70(4): 213-217
1981
ISSN/ISBN: 0355-9521 PMID: 7316449 Document Number: 176169
The effect of external thermal support was studied in 66 anesthetized adult rabbits divided into 6 groups: control, traumatic shock and hemorrhagic shock; each of these groups had a subgroup with an external thermal support and a subgroup without support. During the 4 h experimental period, anesthesia alone resulted in a reduced core temperature and metabolic acidosis. The external thermal support attenuated these changes. In the shocked animals, the external thermal support reduced the mortality, assisted the body's thermoregulation and reduced the adverse metabolic effects of shock.