Michel Slama, Henri Masson, Jean-Louis Teboul, Marie-Luce Arnould, Rachida Nait-Kaoudjt, Bouchra Colas, Marcel Peltier, Christophe Tribouilloy, Dinko Susic, Edward Frohlich, Michel Andréjak
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to determine whether monitoring of respiratory changes in aortic blood flow velocity, recorded by esophageal Doppler, could be used to detect changes in volume depletion. DESIGN: Animal study. ANIMALS AND INTERVENTIONS: After general anesthesia and tracheotomy, ten New Zealand female rabbits, weighing 4-4.5 kg were studied under mechanical ventilation at a fixed tidal volume; during this time 5-ml blood samples were withdrawn (in increments up to a total of 30 ml) and then retransfused...
June 2004: Intensive Care Medicine