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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-12-1
pubmed:abstractText
The estimated central blood volume (i.e., blood volume in the heart cavities, lungs and central arterial tree) was determined by multiplying cardiac output by circulatory mean transit time in 19 patients with cirrhosis and compared with sympathetic nervous activity and circulating level of atrial natriuretic factor. Arterial norepinephrine level, an index of overall sympathetic nervous activity (3.08 nmol/L in patients vs. 1.36 nmol/L in controls; p < 0.01) was negatively correlated (r = -0.54, p < 0.01) with estimated central blood volume (mean = 23 ml/kg in patients vs. 27 ml/kg in controls; p < 0.05). Similarly, renal venous norepinephrine level (an index of renal sympathetic tone; 4.26 nmol/L in patients vs. 1.78 nmol/L in controls; p < 0.01) was inversely correlated with estimated central blood volume (r = -0.53, n = 18, p < 0.02). No significant correlation could be established between arterial atrial natriuretic factor level (8.9 pmol/L in patients vs. 9.6 pmol/L in controls; not significant) and estimated central blood volume. Hemodynamic values were subsequently modified with oral propranolol (80 mg). During beta-adrenergic blockade, the mean estimated central blood volume was not altered significantly, except in six patients who exhibited decreases in mean arterial blood pressure (85 to 69 mm Hg; n = 6) and decreases in mean estimated central blood volume (23.2 to 20.6 ml/kg; n = 6, p < 0.05). Slight increases were observed in mean right atrial pressure (2.2 to 3.7 mm Hg; n = 14, p < 0.05); this change was positively correlated with the change in estimated central blood volume (r = 0.44, n = 14, p = 0.06).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0270-9139
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1163-70
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:1358779-Adrenergic beta-Antagonists, pubmed-meshheading:1358779-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:1358779-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:1358779-Arteries, pubmed-meshheading:1358779-Atrial Natriuretic Factor, pubmed-meshheading:1358779-Blood Flow Velocity, pubmed-meshheading:1358779-Blood Volume, pubmed-meshheading:1358779-Cardiac Output, pubmed-meshheading:1358779-Epinephrine, pubmed-meshheading:1358779-Female, pubmed-meshheading:1358779-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:1358779-Liver Cirrhosis, pubmed-meshheading:1358779-Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic, pubmed-meshheading:1358779-Male, pubmed-meshheading:1358779-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:1358779-Norepinephrine, pubmed-meshheading:1358779-Propranolol, pubmed-meshheading:1358779-Receptors, Adrenergic, beta, pubmed-meshheading:1358779-Sympathetic Nervous System
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Estimated central blood volume in cirrhosis: relationship to sympathetic nervous activity, beta-adrenergic blockade and atrial natriuretic factor.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Clinical Physiology, Hvidovre Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't