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Research article - Peer-reviewed, 2021

Role of renal sympathetic nerve activity in volatile anesthesia's effect on renal excretory function

Taavo, Micael; Rundgren, Mats; Frykholm, Peter; Larsson, Anders; Franzén, Stephanie; Vargmar, Karin; Valarcher, Jean-Francois; DiBona, Gerald F ; Frithiof, Robert

Abstract

Regulation of fluid balance is pivotal during surgery and anesthesia and affects patient morbidity, mortality, and hospital length of stay. Retention of sodium and water is known to occur during surgery but the mechanisms are poorly defined. In this study, we explore how the volatile anesthetic sevoflurane influences renal function by affecting renal sympathetic nerve activity (RSNA). Our results demonstrate that sevoflurane induces renal sodium and water retention during pediatric anesthesia in association with elevated plasma concentration of renin but not arginine–vasopressin. The mechanisms are further explored in conscious and anesthetized ewes where we show that RSNA is increased by sevoflurane compared with when conscious. This is accompanied by renal sodium and water retention and decreased renal blood flow (RBF). Finally, we demonstrate that renal denervation normalizes renal excretory function and improves RBF during sevoflurane anesthesia in sheep. Taken together, this study describes a novel role of the renal sympathetic nerves in regulating renal function and blood flow during sevoflurane anesthesia.

Keywords

acute Kidney Injury (AKI); anesthesia; oliguria; urine output; ischemia; surgery; renal failure; kidney

Published in

Function
2021, volume: 2, number: 6, article number: zqab042

Authors' information

Taavo, Micael
Uppsala University
Rundgren, Mats
Karolinska Institute
Frykholm, Peter
Uppsala University
Larsson, Anders
Uppsala University
Franzén, Stephanie
Uppsala University
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Clinical Sciences
DiBona, Gerald F
University of Iowa
Frithiof, Robert
Uppsala University

UKÄ Subject classification

Anesthesiology and Intensive Care

Publication Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/function/zqab042

URI (permanent link to this page)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/115176