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Title | Blood volume distribution in the Trendelenburg position |
Creator/Author | Bivins, H.G. ; Knopp, R. ; dos Santos, P.A. |
Publication Date | 1985 Jul 01 |
OSTI Identifier | OSTI ID: 5178881 |
Other Number(s) | CODEN: AEMED |
Resource Type | Journal Article |
Resource Relation | Ann. Emerg. Med. ; Vol/Issue: 7 |
Research Org | Valley Medical Center, Fresno, CA |
Subject | 550601 -- Medicine-- Unsealed Radionuclides in Diagnostics; BLOOD CIRCULATION-- DYNAMIC FUNCTION STUDIES; COMPUTERS;HYPOTENSION;PATIENTS;POSITIONING;RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING;SURFACE AREA;TECHNETIUM;VOLUME |
Related Subject | COUNTING TECHNIQUES;ELEMENTS;METALS;SURFACE PROPERTIES;TRANSITION ELEMENTS |
Description/Abstract | The Trendelenburg position is used frequently in treating hypotensive patients.^It is believed that placing patients in the Trendelenburg position causes an autotransfusion of blood to the central circulation.^No published studies document the volume of blood displaced centrally.^In this study ten volunteers were placed in the Trendelenburg position.^Blood volumes were determined from body surface area, and radionuclide scanning was used to determine blood volume distribution.^Placing normovolemic volunteers in the Trendelenburg resulted in a 1.8% (median) displacement of the total volume centrally.^The autotransfusion of blood produced by the Trendelenburg position is small and is unlikely to have an important clinical effect. |
Country of Publication | United States |
Language | English |
Format | Pages: 641-643 |
System Entry Date | 2001 May 13 |
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