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Changes of circulating blood volume (CB volume) measured by the dual indicator dilution method were observed in 33 chronically instrumented mongrel dogs following either alpha-chloralose-urethane (C group), additive isoflurane (I group) or sevoflurane anesthesia (S group). These anesthetic groups were each divided into two subgroups with regard to respiratory care, namely Cp, Ip and Sp for those with intermittent positive pressure ventilation (six animals per subgroups), and Cs, Is and Ss for those with spontaneous breathing (five animals per subgroups).
The CB volume under positive pressure ventilation remained unchanged in the Ip and Sp groups at both 0.5 and 1.0 MAC, and in the Cp group. The CB volume remained essentially unchanged in the Cs and Is groups at both 0.5 or 1.0 MAC, but the plasma volume tended to increase slightly in the Is group at 1.0 MAC.
In the Ss group under spontaneous breathing, however, the CB volume increased from 84.4±7.0 to 91.4±7.7 at 0.5 MAC, and to 91.4±10.2 ml·kg−1 at 1.0 MAC (0.01<P<0.05). These increases were caused by an increase in the plasma volume.
The above data suggests that a concomitant increase in the venous pressure associated with an increase in the intrathoracic pressure produced by positive pressure ventilation would attenuate changes in the CB volume during sevoflurane anesthesia.
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Hamada, H., Takaori, M., Kimura, K. et al. Changes in circulating blood volume following isoflurane or sevoflurane anesthesia. J Anesth 7, 316–324 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/s0054030070316
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