ABSTRACT
[Objective]To investigate the changes of the hemodynamics and pulmonary histopathology in acute spinal cord injured rats during isoflurane inhalation.[Method]Sixty male SD rats with body weights of 300～330 g were divided into 3 groups:chloral hydrate group,1.5% isoflurane group and 3% isoflurane group.Epidural balloon compression of the T8 spinal cord was performed.Blood pressure and heart rate were monitored during surgery.All animals were sacrificed 10 min after being compressed.The author harvested the lung and recorded lung wet/dry weight ratios(W/D)to assess lung injury severity,and observed the changes of the pulmonary pathology.[Result]Blood pressure in all animals was higher than that of the baseline during the spinal cord injury,but the heart rate was lower than that of the baseline(P0.05).Rats from the 1.5% isoflurane group exhibited severe neurogenic pulmonary edema.The W/D in 1.5% group was significantly higher than those in the other two groups(P