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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-6-14
pubmed:abstractText
There is accumulating evidence of a relationship between changes in intravascular blood volume and endogenous erythropoietin (EPO) levels. In this study, eight healthy adult American Society of Anesthesiologists class-I patients due for prolonged elective surgery were randomised either to preoperative hypervolaemic haemodilution using hydroxyethyl starch, followed by intraoperative crystalloid infusion, or to standard intraoperative normovolaemic fluid balance management using crystalloids (control group). Electrolytes, creatinine, urea, osmolality, urine output and blood gases were monitored pre- and intraoperatively for 6 h, Comparable cardiopulmonary and renal homeostasis were maintained in both groups. We found that central venous pressure increased and EPO levels decreased, both significantly, in the hypervolaemic haemodilution group relative to controls. There were no significant intergroup changes in any other parameters. By controlling for other known determinants of EPO levels, our data indicate a relationship between EPO levels and changes in intravascular blood volume in humans, supporting the notion of EPO as a volume-regulated, and possibly volume-regulating, hormone.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0939-5555
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
79
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
183-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Intraoperative endogenous erythropoietin levels and changes in intravascular blood volume in healthy humans.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Zurich, Switzerland. christian.breymann@fhk.usz.ch
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Randomized Controlled Trial