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For some time, it has been postulated that this ischemic injury occurs on the basis of decreased renal blood flow secondary to renal vasoconstriction.
Under more physiologically relevant levels of hypoxia, the central role of eNOS in protecting against hypertension is supported by our observation that loss of eNOS leads to increased acute hypoxic vasoconstriction and development of pulmonary hypertension [ 9, 10, 11, 12].
As a matter of fact, although the percentage of lung consolidation tended to be greater in patients without septic shock (63 vs 57%), their mean PaO 2 tended to be higher (95 ± 16 vs 88 ± 11 mmHg), suggesting some degree of hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction impairment in the non-ventilated lung areas of patients with septic shock.
It is also important to note that large bolus doses of loop diuretics may cause transient renal vasoconstriction.
Decreased leg blood flow and vascular conductance are present in elderly compared to young subjects during whole body exercise [ 18 ] and in response to reactive hyperemia [ 13 ] . Decreased basal limb blood flow was related to increased vasoconstriction in the elderly compared to younger individuals [ 19 ] . However, not all studies have shown age related changes in blood flow.