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Blood Volume Analysis Can Distinguish True Anemia from Hemodilution in
Critically Ill Trauma Patients
PY Van, MD SD Cho, MD SJ Underwood, MS ∙ ∙GJ Hamilton, BS LB Ham, MD MA Schreiber, MD∙ ∙
Background
• Hemorrhage leading cause of preventable death in trauma victims
• Decreased peripheral hematocrit (pHct) used as marker for blood loss
• pHct may not represent true red blood cell volume (RBCV)
Background
Background
• Surrogate measures to deduce volume status– Vital signs and physical exam– Laboratory tests– Invasive monitoring
• Experienced clinicians frequently wrong– 51% concordance with blood volume analysis
Androne, AS et al. Am J Cardiol 2004
Blood Volume Analysis
• Indicator dilution principle– Known quantity of tracer injected into unknown
volume (intravascular space)– After equilibration of tracer, plasma sampled
• Concentration of tracer in sample is measured• Unknown volume is inversely proportional to
concentration of tracer in the sample volume• Larger the unknown volume, more dilute the tracer
Concentration of tracer injected
Volume of sample withdrawnConc. tracer in sample withdrawnUnknown volume (plasma volume)
Indicator Dilution Principle
C1
V1
C2
V2
=
Blood Volume Analysis
• Single injection radiolabeled 131I-albumin.• Serial blood samples drawn over 40 minutes• Analysis yields actual and ideal TBV, RBCV, PV
Blood Volume Analysis
pHct
RBCV
RBCV=
+ PV
TBV = RBCV + PV
Blood Volume Analysis
• Normalized hematocrit (nHct)– pHct is adjusted for volume derangement:
nHct = pHct xMeasured TBV
Ideal TBV
Hypothesis
Use of pHct alone in critically ill trauma patients will result in over-diagnosis of anemia
Methods
• Trauma ICU pts recruited 24hrs post admission• Baseline blood sample• Injection of 1mL 25 µCi of 131I-albumin• 12 minute equilibration period
– Then 5 serial blood draws, 6 minutes apart• Samples processed on BVA-100 Blood Volume
Analyzer (Daxor Corporation, NY, NY)
Methods
Measured volumes compared to ideal -- percent deviation from ideal calculated
Methods
• Pts stratified into 3 groups based on deviation from ideal total blood volume– Hypovolemic: > 8% deficit relative to ideal– Normovolemic: < 8% variation relative to ideal – Hypervolemic: > 8% excess relative to ideal
CharacteristicsPatients (n = 27)
Male / Female 13 / 14
Age 49.6 ± 3.8
Body Mass Index 29.3 ± 6.2
APACHE II 17.9 ± 1.5
Injury Severity Score 29.8 ± 2.5
All values are mean ± standard deviation
Results
Hyper-volemic50.8%
Normo-volemic30.8%
Hypo-volemi
c18.4%
Volume status (n = 65)
Volume Status and Fluids
Hypovolemic(n = 12)
Normovolemic(n =19)
Hypervolemic(n = 33)
Fluid In (mL) 17,881(10065, 41396)
30,306(14752, 52026)
22,016(18100, 33397)
Net Fluid (mL) 13,579(4702, 18708)
2,799(1969, 15861)
11,807(6924, 17373)
All values are medians (interquartile range)All p = NS, Mann-Whitney U test
No significant difference in volume of fluids given or net fluid balance between each volume status
Results
• No linear correlation between net fluid balance and changes in TBV, RBCV, and PV between each analysis
• Moderate linear correlation between pHct and RBCV (R2 = 0.3)
Results
• No differences in ISS when compared across the volume status groups
• No correlation between ISS and rate of albumin transudation
pHct versus nHctpHct nHct Difference pHct < 30 nHct < 30 Overdiagnosi
s of anemiaHypovolemic
(n=12) 26.1 20.9* 5.2 ± 3.3 91.7% (11) 91.7% (11) --
Normovolemic(n=20) 27.1 27.1 0.0 ± 1.2 80.0% (16) 80.0% (16) --
Hypervolemic(n=33) 26.5 32.9* -6.4 ± 4.4 81.8% (27) †27.3% (9) 54.5% (18)
All(n=65) 26.6 28.9 -2.3 ± 5.7 83.1% (54) 55.4% (36) 27.7% (18)
Paired t-test* p < 0.05
Chi-squared† p < 0.05
Conclusions
• Assessing volume status is challenging• No differences in amount of fluids
administered to volume status groups• pHct compared to nHct
– Overestimates anemia in hypervolemic pts– Underestimates anemia in hypovolemic pts
Limitations
• Preliminary study -- small number of patients • BVA not a dynamic test – snapshot in time• Assume RBCV constant during testing
– Not reasonable if bleeding > 100mL/hr• Availability of tracer and personnel
Future Directions
• Further characterize effects of fluid and blood product administration on volume status
• Blood volume analysis upon ICU admission– Establish baseline– Initiate therapies based on blood volumes– Avoid unnecessary CT scans and transfusion when
BVA shows low pHct due to hemodilution
Blood Volume Analysis