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Abstract
Acute renal ischemia is an infrequently encountered clinical entity with occasionally devastating consequences. The renal compensation to acute ischemia is unknown and is the purpose of this report. Eight pigs were anesthetized and ventilated. Left atrial, aortic, CVP, left renal venous, and ureteral catheters were inserted. Renal blood flow (RBF) reduction was accomplished by the graded constriction of the left renal artery using a balloon occluder. Renal oxygen extraction ratio (RER, %), renal oxygen delivery (RO2D, cumin per 100 gm), renal oxygen consumption (RO2 cc/min/l00 gm), creatinine clearance (CrCl, ml/min), and renal lactate production (Δ[L], mg/min per hgm) were measured at baseline and following sequential 90-minute intervals of moderate and then severe left renal flow reduction. Significant increases in renal oxygen extraction were observed when RBF was severely limited (.30 ±. 05 vs. 64 ±. 06, p <. 01). CrC1 decreased precipitously (16.5 ± 4.6 vs 0.2 ± 0.07, p <. 05). Lactate production by the ischemic organs correlated with blood flow reduction(r =. 546, p =. 0034). In severe ischemia, healthy kidneys increase oxygen extraction to preserve oxygen consumption.
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