Abstract
Several regulatory mechanisms have been shown to influence the intraosseous circulation. The influence of general hypovolemia on bone circulation and possible regulatory effects were investigated by recording the intraosseous pressure and PO2 and PCO2 continuously by mass spectrometry in rabbits. Hypovolemia was induced by repeated bleedings. The intraosseous and arterial pressures were found to be linearly related. The intraosseous PO2 already decreased after the first step of bleeding and decreased more than 50% of the initial value after an average blood loss of 40 ml. The intraosseous PCO2 showed an opposite pattern. The experimental PO2 vs. arterial pressure curves were similar to curves obtained by a computer simulation that assumes the blood flow to be proportional to the intraosseous pressure.
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