Intestinal injury can be reduced by intra-arterial postischemic perfusion with hypertonic saline

Figure 4 The rate of low frequency intestinal contractions in the ex vivo experiments. In shams, the intestine was continuously perfused for 110 min. In controls (60-min ischemia followed by 30-min reperfusion), intestinal contraction rate was significantly higher over the initial 10 min of reperfusion in comparison with the shams. Intestinal reperfusion with hyperosmotic saline in the HTS^365mOsm group prevented the increase in postischemic intestinal contraction rate. Data are mean ± SD. ^aP < 0.05 vs sham. LF: Low frequency.