Study objective: To evaluate the effects of hemodilution during controlled hypotension on, the hepatic renal, and pancreatic function in the clinical setting.
Design: Randomized, prospective study.
Setting: Inpatient surgery at Rosai Hospital.
Patients: 20 ASN status I and II patients scheduled for total hip arthroplasty.
Interventions: Hemodilution was carried out after induction of anesthesia, in which drawn blood was replaced with dextran solution to achieve final hematocrit (Hct) of 31% Group A = mild hemodilution group, N = 10) or 23% (Group B = moderate hemodilution group, N = 10). In both groups, controlled hypotension was induced with prostaglandin in (PGE1) to maintain mean arterial blood pressure at 55 mm Hg for 80 minutes.
Measurements and main results: Measurements included arterial ketone body ratio AKBR, aceto-acetate/3-hydroxybutyrate) for hepatic cellular function, pancreatic phospholipase A2 (P-PLA2) for pancreatic cellular function, and urine N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase (NAG index) for cellular function of the renal tubule. These indices were measured before hemodilution, after hemodilution, 80 minutes after starting hypotension, 60 minutes after recovery of normotension, and on the first postoperative day. Neither AKBR nor P-PLA2 showed a significant change throughout the time course of the study in either group. Urine-NAG index showed a significant increase in moderate hemodilution group at 60 minutes after recovery of normotension (+ 136%) and on the first postoperative lay (+ 149%) compared with prehemodilution value, whereas it showed no significant change in the mild hemodilution group. Blood urea nitrogen and serum creatinine measured postoperatively were within normal range.
Conclusions: PGE1 induced hypotension combined with moderate hemodilution using dextran, such as 23% of Net value maintains hepatic and pancreatic function but causes damage to the renal tubular cells.