Publications by authors named "Toshiyuki Kuwa"
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to assess the effectiveness of gastrointestinal (GI) tonometry in measuring end-organ perfusion during burn shock and subsequent resuscitation in swine.
- Male swine experienced a severe burn and underwent resuscitation, with various measures of gastrointestinal function monitored every six hours to evaluate changes due to shock and recovery.
- Results indicated that ileal tonometry provided more reliable data than gastric tonometry, showing better recovery metrics in response to resuscitation after thermal injury.
Background: Renal cortical blood flow can be quantified by means of power Doppler ultrasound (PDUS) image analysis. We hypothesized that renal cortical perfusion, estimated by PDUS image intensity (PDUSII), would decrease during burn shock and improve during resuscitation in a porcine model.
Methods: Eight anesthetized swine sustained a 75% scald injury.
Background: Urine output, a frequently used resuscitation end point, is presumed to represent renal cortical perfusion. However, no noninvasive method for direct measurement of renal perfusion exists. Power Doppler ultrasound (PDUS) is a method that reportedly is sensitive to low-velocity and microvascular blood flow and can depict it.
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