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Effects of chronic isovolaemic haemodilution on regional cerebral blood flow in conscious rats

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 December 2004

T. Frietsch ,
C. Lenz ,
W. Kuschinsky  and
K. F. Waschke
T. Frietsch
Affiliation:
Faculty of Clinical Medicine Mannheim, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Germany
C. Lenz
Affiliation:
Faculty of Clinical Medicine Mannheim, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Germany
W. Kuschinsky
Affiliation:
University of Heidelberg, Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Germany
K. F. Waschke
Affiliation:
Faculty of Clinical Medicine Mannheim, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Germany
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Background and objective: Acute isovolaemic haemodilution increases local and mean cerebral blood flow. It is not known whether a single haemodilution has a short-term effect only or whether it affects cerebral perfusion over a longer time period. In the present study, local and mean cerebral blood flow were determined in conscious rats after a 4, 24 and 48 h period following one-time haemodilution.

Methods: Thirty-six rats were randomized to three untreated sham groups and three groups of haemodilution (4, 24 or 48 h, n = 6 for each group). Isovolaemic haemodilution with albumin 5% aimed to a target haematocrit of 0.2. Local cerebral blood flow was measured in 38 brain regions by the iodo-[14C]antipyrine method in conscious normothermic rats.

Results: Isovolaemic haemodilution reduced haematocrit from 0.44 to 0.20. During the following 24 and 48 h periods, haematocrit remained low (0.22 and 0.21). Mean cerebral blood flow was similar in untreated sham groups (88 ± 12 after 4 h, 92 ± 11 after 24 h, 96 ± 10 mL 100 g−1 min−1 after 48 h). Haemodilution increased mean cerebral blood flow after 4 h (184 ± 11 mL 100 g−1 min−1), after 24 h (153 ± 13 mL 100 g−1 min−1) and 48 h (149 ± 15 mL 100 g−1 min−1) (P ≤ 0.05). Local cerebral blood flow increased in all 38 structures after 4 h haemodilution but decreased with time in six of 38 brain structures after 24 h and in 15 regions after 48 h (P ≤ 0.05).

Conclusions: A single one-time haemodilution increased mean cerebral blood flow for 2 days. However, local adaptation of cerebral blood flow to a chronic low haematocrit occurred but was heterogeneous within the brain.

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CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES, cytological techniques, autoradiographyHAEMODILUTIONHAEMODYNAMICS, regional blood flow, brainRATS, Sprague–Dawley
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Original Article
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European Journal of Anaesthesiology , Volume 21 , Issue 1 , January 2004 , pp. 53 - 59
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2004 European Society of Anaesthesiology

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