title: On-line dynamic measurement of blood viscosity, hematocrit and change of blood volume.
abstract: OBJECTIVE: To develop an on-line system for the measurement of blood viscosity and hematocrit. The dynamic changes of the macrovascular blood volumes, microvascular blood volumes and the total blood volume were observed by means of calculating from the testing result. METHODS: Applying traditional viscosity measurement principle and specific wavelength optic density measurement method, an on-line system for the measurement of blood viscosity and hematocrit was developed, and the A/D multifunctional board and the testing circuit were designed by ourselves. The system was validated by experiments both in vitro and in vivo. Therapeutic effects of hypertonic saline dextran solution (HSD) and Lactatic Ringer's solution at the early stage after burn-blast combined injury were compared by this method. RESULTS: The results showed that the system has attained the goal of the design. The changes of the blood viscosity and hematocrit could be detected effectively and continuously. The changes of macrovascular, microvascular and total blood volume could be calculated approximately. CONCLUSIONS: The system and the method can continuously on-line test the blood viscosity and hematocrit, and reveal the change and distribution of blood volumes more accurately and clearly in the therapy process by estimating changes of the macrovascular, microvascular and total blood volumes, respectively. It has confirmed that HSD treatment could increase blood pressure and attenuate tissue edema by significantly increasing total blood volume, improving macrocirculatory and microcirculatory blood volumes. This study suggested that it could be desirable to develop an experiment technique based on the method mentioned above.
authors.affiliation: Research Institute of Surgery, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 4000 42, China.
authors.forename: Zhiyong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.forename: Jihong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Shaoxi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.forename: Zhengguo
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang