[Functional and morphological study of the local and systemic hypothermia on dog's liver].
OBJECTIVE
To compare hepatic lesions produced by two types of hypothermia; the systemic and the local or topic.


METHODS
Twenty dogs distributed in two groups were studied: the first submitted to local hypothermia and the second to systemic hypothermia. In all groups, biochemical dosages for alanina allytransferase (A.L.T.), aspartate aminotrasnferase (A.S.T.) and direct bilirubin (T.D.), conventional optical microscopy and electronic transmission microscopy were performed in times T0, Test, and T60, that is, before the hypothermia (T0), after temperature stabilization at 10 degrees lower than initial temperature (Test), and after sixty minutes of hypothermia (T60).


RESULTS
The data analysis, both of the biochemical profile and of the microscopy showed that in the group of animals with selective hypothermia, the hepatic lesions were more intense when compared to the systemic hypothermia group.


CONCLUSIONS
The selective hypothermia causes more lesions to the liver than the systemic.
Siqueira
Venilton José
VJ
Disciplina de Técnica Operatória e Cirurgia Experimental Universidade Federal de São Paulo--Escola Paulista de Medicina.
Taha
Murched Omar
MO
Fagundes
Djalma José
DJ
Gomes
Paulo de Oliveira
Pde O
Juliano
Yara
Y
Bruzzadelli
Renata Marcon zanelatto
RM
Caputto
Lucélia Rita Galdino
LR
D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs; D007036:Hypothermia, Induced / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology*