Open AccessDetection of Dehydration by Using Volume Kinetics
Author(s) -
Joachim Zdolsek,
Yuhong Li,
Robert G. Hahn
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
anesthesia and analgesia/anesthesia and analgesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.404
H-Index - 201
eISSN - 1526-7598
pISSN - 0003-2999
DOI - 10.1213/ane.0b013e318261f6ba
Subject(s) - medicine , dehydration , blood volume , anesthesia , body water , bolus (digestion) , perfusion , hemoglobin , furosemide , hematocrit , body weight , bicarbonate , intravascular volume status , surgery , hemodynamics , biochemistry , chemistry
Patients admitted to surgery may be dehydrated, which is difficult to diagnose except when it is severe (>5% Gl116 of the body weight). We hypothesized that modest dehydration can be detected by kinetic analysis of the blood hemoglobin concentration after a bolus infusion of crystalloid fluid.