Systemic haemodynamics and oxygenation during haemodilution in children

Summary Transfusion of homologous blood should be avoided when possible, and one technique that diminishes perioperative requirement for donor blood is haemodilution. In children its effects on systemic haemodynamics and systemic oxygenation have not been reported. Six children aged 4-12 yr were ana...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Lancet (British edition) 1995-10, Vol.346 (8983), p.1127-1129
Hauptverfasser: van Iterson, M, van der Waart, F.J.M, Trouwborst, A, Erdmann, W
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Zusammenfassung:Summary Transfusion of homologous blood should be avoided when possible, and one technique that diminishes perioperative requirement for donor blood is haemodilution. In children its effects on systemic haemodynamics and systemic oxygenation have not been reported. Six children aged 4-12 yr were anaesthetised for major surgery and blood was withdrawn to reduce packed cell volume to 25%. Cardiac index increased from 3·1 (SD 0·5) L min -1 m -2 at baseline to 4·4 (0·5) L min -1 m -2 at the end of surgery, when packed cell volume was 16 (1)%; this change, compensating for the decline in oxygen carrying capacity, was associated with a fall in systemic vascular resistance and a rise in stroke volume. Oxygen extraction from haemoglobin rose from 0·22 (0·05) to 0·33 (0·06). Perioperative blood loss was 40% of circulating blood volume; however, owing to reinfusion of autologous blood (and use of a cell saver in three patients), the haemoglobin one day after operation was only 19% lower than preoperatively (9·9 [1·5] vs 12·5 [2·5] g/dL). In this study, children seemed at least as able as adults to compensate for the effects of haemodilution, which allowed major surgery without transfusion of homologous blood.
ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(95)91800-0