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Table 4 Absolute regional blood flow (ml/min/g) assessed by microspheres at baseline, 15 min, and 30 min after the induction of thoracic epidural analgesia, presented as median with interquartile range (25th – 75th percentiles)

From: Thoracic epidural analgesia reduces gastric microcirculation in the pig

Anatomic region

Baseline

15 min

30 min

Stomach: Antrum

0.20 (0.08–0.21)

0.14 (0.08–0.31)

0.11 (0.06–0.17)

 Corpus

0.14 (0.05–0.23)

0.15 (0.08–0.24)

0.13 (0.09–0.28)

Liver

0.23 (0.10–0.33)

0.23 (0.75–0.52)

0.18 (0.05–0.40)

Small intestines

0.21 (0.13–0.34)

0.26 (0.17–0.59)

0.27 (0.17–0.40)