Neutrophil oxidative burst evaluation during acute normovolemic hemodilution: preliminary results

• DOI: 10.1186/cc5200
• Publication Date: 2007-05-02T11:38:06Z
• Authors: M Kahvegian; Tabacchi D Fantoni; DA Otsuki; C Holms; Oliveira C Massoco; Costa J Auler
• Keywords: 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; Poster Presentation; 3. Good health

In recent years there has been increasing evidence that a resuscitation strategy with different fluids can have widely divergent impacts on the immune response, neutrophil activation and tissue injury. This prospective study was undertaken to determine the neutrophil oxidative burst in the swine model during an acute normovolemic hemodilution (ANH) procedure with hydroxyethyl starch.