title: Tissue PO2 during reanimation with hemoglobin solutions.
abstract: Solutions of conventional stoma-free hemoglobin (SFH) and of pyridoxylated stoma-free hemoglobin (SFH-PLP) were compared in a dog model of reanimation from severe arterial blood loss. SFH and SFH-PLP restored central hemodynamics after infusion without yielding significant differences between the experimental groups. To cope with the developing hypovolemia, Ringer's lactate load amounted to about 120 ml/kg, edema formation was not encountered. Skeletal muscle oxygenation was studied by means of a multiwire platin electrode. The infusion of SFH-PLP was associated with a shift to the right of the cumulative PO2-distribution curve, indicating better tissue oxygenation. Oxygen was not unloaded from SFH in plasma unless the oxygen extraction from red cell hemoglobin exceeded 40%. Oxygen unloading was, however, improved when SFH-PLP with low oxygen affinity was used. Thus, SFH-PLP merits further consideration as a short-term oxygen-carrying blood substitute.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000502:physiology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000628:therapy; D007263:Infusions, Parenteral; D008297:Male; D009132:Muscles / Q000378:metabolism; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood*; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D010313:Partial Pressure; D012151:Resuscitation
chemical_list: D006454:Hemoglobins; D010100:Oxygen