Abstract
In seven anesthetized dogs, the effects of acute normovolemic hemodilution (ANH) to a hematocrit of 20 and 8% and the effects of hyperoxic ventilation (100% oxygen) on distribution of regional pulmonary blood flow (rPBF; radioactive microspheres) were investigated. Normovolemia was monitored with blood volume measurements (indocyanine green dilution kinetics). Before ANH, fractal dimension (D) of rPBF in the whole lung was 1.19 +/- 0.09 (mean +/- SD). Spatial correlation (rho) of rPBF in the whole lung was 0.6 +/- 0.08. D is a resolution-independent measure for global rPBF distribution, and rho is the averaged flow relationship of directly neighboring lung samples. With regard to the entire lung, neither ANH nor hyperoxia changed D or rho. With regard to horizontal, isogravitational planes, ANH induced opposite changes of rPBF heterogeneity depending on the vertical location of the plane and the parameter used. In ventral planes, a change in relative dispersion (SD/mean) indicated decreased homogeneity. However, rho suggested more homogeneous perfusion. Hyperoxia restored baseline rPBF distribution. Our data suggest that ANH causes different alterations of heterogeneity of rPBF depending on location within the lung.
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