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S Zisowsky

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Plasma volume estimation using indocyanine green. A single intravenous injection method.

The validity and reliability of plasma volume estimation using indocyanine green were investigated in five in vitro experiments and in three in vivo series. The in vitro measurements reflected real volumes with an error of about 1%. Comparative measurements in the same patients using indocyanine green or Cr51 labelled red cells differed by 1.7% (r = 0.97). The mean (SD) plasma volume difference between two successive plasma volume measurements using indocyanine green was 38 (43) ml (r = 0.99). Plasma volume measured before and about 7 min after a hyperosmolar saline bolus (100 ml, 1 molar) was increased by 223 (102) ml and 286 (49) ml when determined by indocyanine green and plasma protein changes respectively. Nevertheless, the necessity for central venous injection and arterial sampling restricts the possible application of the method to intra-operative or emergency care use.

Blood Volume Determination↗

Short term volume effects of a hypertonic saline bolus during neurosurgery.

Intracranial hypertension which does not respond to customary hyperosmotic agents may successfully be treated with hypertonic saline. The absence of diuresis and the maintainance of intravascular volume are supposed to be the main advantages of hypertonic sodium chloride. Volume overload and toxic hyperosmolality from frequent application of such solutions are possible disadvantages. The presented experiments checked the time course of intravascular volume shifts after a 100 ml 1-molar saline bolus in 14 patients during neurosurgery using plasma protein concentration changes. An initial intravascular volume expansion of about 270 ml remained quite unchanged for the first 8 minutes, followed by a nearly linear decrease. Extrapolation of the curves demonstrated that the preinfusion state would have been reached after about 20 minutes. Osmolality remained increased by about 4 mosmol/kg 15 min after the bolus. Thus it appears that repetitive infusion of these amounts of hypertonic saline will cause no serious volume overload if 30 minutes intervals are kept, but osmolality should be checked before each bolus.

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Determination of circulating blood volume by measurement of indocyanine green dye in hemolysate: a preliminary study.

In 8 emergency care patients blood volume was determined using Cr5I labelled erythrocytes and indocyanine green (ICG). Prior to measurement of ICG in blood with a spectrophotometer, the blood was hemolyzed with Triton-X. A close correlation of r = 0.97 between the Cr51 and the ICGTR-X estimates was found; the ICGTR-X volume was about 3% lower than the Cr51 volume. In five additional in vitro experiments the ICGTR-X method was found to reflect real volumes with an insignificant error of less than 1%. Blood volume determination with ICGTR-X cannot be applied in cases of circulatory failure. ICG should be administered in a dose of 0.5 mg/kg of body weight. For calibration purposes, a two point calibration curve (point 1: point of intersection of x and y axis; point 2: 5 mg ICG/1 of blood) is sufficient. From these preliminary experiments it is concluded that the ICGTR-X method is a rapid and simple technique of blood volume determination with multiple reproducibility which can be carried out in any clinical laboratory.

Blood Volume Determination↗