ISSN:
1440-1681
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
1. The reproducibility of blood volume measurements, using [51Cr]-labelled red blood cells (RBC) was tested in three lambs, 79–89 days of age, and the accuracy was tested in eight lambs, 83± 0.4 days of age, in which blood volume was measured simultaneously by [51Cr]-RBC and [125I]-gamma globulin plus haematocrit (hct).2. The blood volumes (mean ± s.e.) of the three lambs, on four occasions, were 64.5± 2.5, 68.8 ± 2.9 and 63.9 ± 3.7 mL/kg, respectively, and the coefficients of variation were 7.8, 8.6 and 11.6%, respectively.3. The mean blood volume of eight lambs was 60.9 ± 3.3 mL/kg by [51Cr]-RBC, and 60.8 ± 2.4 mL/ kg from plasma volume and hct. These were not statistically different.4. Arterial hct was 31.2 ± 0.5%, which was not statistically different from the whole body hct of 31.2 ±2.6%.5. It is concluded that [51Cr]-RBC can be used to measure accurate and reproducible blood volumes in lambs.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1681.1994.tb02557.x
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