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 language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 176-181 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Annals of Emergency Medicine |
Volume | 10 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 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.
Copyright:
Copyright 2014 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
Keywords
- MAST suit, effect on intracranial pressure
- military anti-shock trousers, effect on intracranial pressure