title: Colloid oncotic pressure and body water dynamics in septic and injured patients.
abstract: Colloid oncotic pressure (COP) and fluid shifts were studied in 43 septic (SS) patients and 33 injured (HS) patients (ISS = 48.2). During maximal postresuscitation fluid retention, plasma volume (PV/RISA), red cell volume (RBC/51Cr), inulin space (ECF), and COP were measured. Interstitial space (IFS), PV/IFS ratio, and correlation coefficients (r) were calculated. A subgroup of 22 SS patients and 22 HS patients of equal study weight were also compared. Septic patients had greater IFS expansion (17.6 L vs. 11.5 L) than HS patients who, by inference, had more intracellular expansion. Expansion of IFS in SS patients correlated (r = -0.76, p less than 0.02) with reduced plasma COP; this was not seen in HS patients (r = -0.09, p less than 0.35). In contrast, plasma COP correlated (r = 0.72, p less than 0.001) with PV/RISA in HS patients but not in SS patients (r = 0.09, p greater than 0.35). We conclude: (1) SS patients with greater IFS expansion that correlates with reduced plasma COP likely have increased capillary permeability; and (2) HS patients with less IFS expansion that does not correlate with reduced plasma COP likely have maintained capillary permeability with altered IFS matrix configuration causing reduced protein exclusion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201.
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Lucas
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Ledgerwood
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Rachwal
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Grabow
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Saxe
mesh_terms: D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D001810:Blood Volume; D001834:Body Water / Q000502:physiology*; D003102:Colloids; D004911:Erythrocyte Volume; D005110:Extracellular Space / Q000502:physiology; D005440:Fluid Therapy; D006400:Hematocrit; D006801:Humans; D010953:Plasma Volume; D011312:Pressure; D012771:Shock, Hemorrhagic / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D001798:Blood Proteins; D003102:Colloids