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Oddbjørn Haugen1, Marit Farstad, Venny Kvalheim
1Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.
Introduction:
This study investigated whether two levels of mean arterial pressure (MAP) during cardiopulmonary bypass did influence per-operative fluid shifts.
Methods:
Sixteen pigs underwent 60 minutes of normothermic cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) followed by 90 minutes of hypothermic CPB. Eight animals had a MAP of 60-80mmHg by norepinephrine (HP group). Another 8 animals had a MAP of 40-45 mmHg by phentolamine (LP group). Blood chemistry, plasma/interstitial colloid osmotic pressures, plasma volume, fluid balance, fluid extravasation rate and tissue water content were measured or calculated.
Results:
The plasma volume was significantly lower in the HP group compared with the LP group after 60 minutes of CPB. Net fluid balance was 0.18 (0.05) ml x kg(-1) x min(-1) in the HP group and 0.21 ml x kg(-1) x min(-1) in the LP group (P > 0.05) while fluid extravasation rate was 1.18 (0.5) and 1.13 (0.4) ml x kg(-1) x min(-1) in the HP group and the LP group during CPB (P > 0.05).
Conclusion:
Net fluid balance and fluid extravasation rate were similar in the animals with elevated and with lowered MAP during CPB.
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