@article{cook_jones shults_mcdowell_campbell_davis_marshall_blikslager_2009, title={Anti-inflammatory effects of intravenously administered lidocaine hydrochloride on ischemia-injured jejunum in horses}, volume={70}, ISSN={0002-9645}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.2460/ajvr.70.10.1259}, DOI={10.2460/ajvr.70.10.1259}, abstractNote={Abstract Objective —To investigate effects of lidocaine hydrochloride administered IV on mucosal inflammation in ischemia-injured jejunum of horses treated with flunixin meglumine. Animals —24 horses. Procedures —Horses received saline (0.9% NaCl) solution (SS; 1 mL/50 kg, IV [1 dose]), flunixin meglumine (1 mg/kg, IV, q 12 h), lidocaine (bolus [1.3 mg/kg] and constant rate infusion [0.05 mg/kg/min], IV, during and after recovery from surgery), or both flunixin and lidocaine (n = 6/group). During surgery, blood flow was occluded for 2 hours in 2 sections of jejunum in each horse. Uninjured and ischemia-injured jejunal specimens were collected after the ischemic period and after euthanasia 18 hours later for histologic assessment and determination of cyclooxygenase (COX) expression (via western blot procedures). Plasma samples collected prior to (baseline) and 8 hours after the ischemic period were analyzed for prostanoid concentrations. Results —Immediately after the ischemic period, COX-2 expression in horses treated with lidocaine alone was significantly less than expression in horses treated with SS or flunixin alone. Eighteen hours after the ischemic period, mucosal neutrophil counts in horses treated with flunixin alone were significantly higher than counts in other treatment groups. Compared with baseline plasma concentrations, postischemia prostaglandin E 2 metabolite and thromboxane B 2 concentrations increased in horses treated with SS and in horses treated with SS or lidocaine alone, respectively. Conclusions and Clinical Relevance —In horses with ischemia-injured jejunum, lidocaine administered IV reduced plasma prostaglandin E 2 metabolite concentration and mucosal COX-2 expression. Coadministration of lidocaine with flunixin ameliorated the flunixin-induced increase in mucosal neutrophil counts.}, number={10}, journal={American Journal of Veterinary Research}, publisher={American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)}, author={Cook, Vanessa L. and Jones Shults, Jennifer and McDowell, Marsha R. and Campbell, Nigel B. and Davis, Jennifer L. and Marshall, John F. and Blikslager, Anthony T.}, year={2009}, month={Oct}, pages={1259–1268} }
 @article{cook_shults_mcdowell_campbell_davis_blikslager_2008, title={Attenuation of ischaemic injury in the equine jejunum by administration of systemic lidocaine}, volume={40}, DOI={10.2746/04251640SX293574}, number={4}, journal={Equine Veterinary Journal}, author={Cook, V. L. and Shults, J. J. and McDowell, M. and Campbell, N. B. and Davis, J. L. and Blikslager, Anthony}, year={2008}, pages={353–357} }