OBJECTIVES: To compare the effects of simulated and mild actual hemorrhage on parameters used traditionally to assess hemorrhaging patients: heart rate (HR), blood pressure (BP), and Shock Index (SI = HR/systolic BP), with stroke distance (SD) measured ultrasonically as an index of cardiac stroke volume. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Hemorrhage was simulated in 19 healthy volunteers by the application of graded lower-body negative pressure (LBNP) (0, -20, -40, and -60 mm Hg) to pool blood in the lower body and reduce venous return. Measurements were also made before and after a standard blood donation (450 mL) in nine healthy volunteers. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: SD decreased significantly and progressively from the baseline level of 23.8+/-5.7 cm (mean+/-SD) at each level of LBNP: by 3.4+/-1.9, 7.4+/-2.5, and 11.8+/-3.2 cm at LBNP of -20, -40, and -60 mm Hg, respectively. Neither HR nor SI changed significantly at the lowest level of LBNP (-20 mm Hg), but they showed progressive, significant increases thereafter. Mean BP did not change significantly at any level of LBNP. Similarly, after a controlled hemorrhage of 450 mL, SD decreased significantly by 3.3+/-1.6 cm from 22.2+/-2.8 cm, whereas HR and SI remained unchanged and mean BP increased slightly. CONCLUSION: Changes in SD may provide an earlier indication of progressive blood loss than either HR or BP alone or in combination.
OBJECTIVES: To compare the effects of simulated and mild actual hemorrhage on parameters used traditionally to assess hemorrhagingpatients: heart rate (HR), blood pressure (BP), and Shock Index (SI = HR/systolic BP), with stroke distance (SD) measured ultrasonically as an index of cardiac stroke volume. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Hemorrhage was simulated in 19 healthy volunteers by the application of graded lower-body negative pressure (LBNP) (0, -20, -40, and -60 mm Hg) to pool blood in the lower body and reduce venous return. Measurements were also made before and after a standard blood donation (450 mL) in nine healthy volunteers. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: SD decreased significantly and progressively from the baseline level of 23.8+/-5.7 cm (mean+/-SD) at each level of LBNP: by 3.4+/-1.9, 7.4+/-2.5, and 11.8+/-3.2 cm at LBNP of -20, -40, and -60 mm Hg, respectively. Neither HR nor SI changed significantly at the lowest level of LBNP (-20 mm Hg), but they showed progressive, significant increases thereafter. Mean BP did not change significantly at any level of LBNP. Similarly, after a controlled hemorrhage of 450 mL, SD decreased significantly by 3.3+/-1.6 cm from 22.2+/-2.8 cm, whereas HR and SI remained unchanged and mean BP increased slightly. CONCLUSION: Changes in SD may provide an earlier indication of progressive blood loss than either HR or BP alone or in combination.
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