Effect of pneumatic trousers on intracranial pressure in hypovolemic dogs with an intracranial mass

Stephen R. Dannewitz, G. Patrick Lilja, Ernest Ruiz

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Abstract

Thirty-six dogs under chloralose anesthesia were studied in groups of six. Arterial pressure (BP), central venous pressure (CVP), intracranial pressure (ICP), and arterial blood gases were monitored. The group underwent: 1) anesthesia only; 2) phlebotomy (P) (40% of blood volume) and reinfusion (RI) of half the shed blood plus Ringer's lactate solution; 3) P followed by pneumatic trousers (PT), and then RI; 4) inflation of an epidural 2-cc Foley catheter (EFC); 5) P followed by EFC and then RI; and 6) P followed by EFC and then by PT and RI. Group 1 was stable. In Group 2, P lowered BP (49 torr systolic ± 6 SEM), CVP, and ICP. RI restored these. In Group 3, the PT improved BP (P < .05) without increasing ICP. In Group 4, EFC increased ICP (P <.05) to 15 ± 4 torr. In Groups 5 and 6, ICP was not significantly increased by EFC or PT and RI.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)176-181
Number of pages6
JournalAnnals of Emergency Medicine
Volume10
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 1981

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
From the Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center, and the Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Supported by a grant from the David Clark Company, Worcester, Massachusetts. Presented at the University Association for Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting in Tucson, Arizona, April 1980. Address for reprints: Ernest Ruiz, MD, Chief, Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center, 701 Park Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415.

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Copyright 2014 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

Keywords

  • MAST suit, effect on intracranial pressure
  • military anti-shock trousers, effect on intracranial pressure

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