Plasma Oxygen during Cardiopulmonary Bypass: A Comparison of Blood Oxygen Levels with Oxygen Present in Plasma Lipid
| Autor: | I. M. Petyaev, J. V. Hunt, A. Vuylsteke, D.W. Bethune |
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| Rok vydání: | 1998 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty chemistry.chemical_element Oxygen law.invention Plasma law Internal medicine Blood plasma medicine Cardiopulmonary bypass Humans Postoperative Period Oxygenator Aged Oxygen saturation (medicine) Whole blood Aged 80 and over Cardiopulmonary Bypass General Medicine Partial pressure Middle Aged Lipids Cardiac surgery Endocrinology chemistry Anesthesia Female |
| Zdroj: | Clinical Science. 94:35-41 |
| ISSN: | 1470-8736 0143-5221 |
| DOI: | 10.1042/cs0940035 |
| Popis: | 1. Although not often appreciated, it is a fact that molecular oxygen is more soluble in lipids than in aqueous solution. We have recently developed a method to monitor oxygen within the lipid content of plasma. Monitoring plasma oxygen is one essential element during open heart surgery using a cardiopulmonary bypass pump and oxygenator. Currently oxygen is monitored electrochemically and is based upon monitoring the partial pressure of oxygen in a gas equilibrated with whole blood. 2. To determine the relative importance of lipid-associated oxygen in blood and assess the potential use of such a measurement we present comparisons of changes in oxygen associated with whole blood and lipid content of plasma before, during and after cardiac surgery. 3. In a limited number of patients studied (n = 28), aged between 34 and 86 years, oxygen in lipid increased with decreased extracorporeal blood temperature during cardiopulmonary bypass, increased in proportion to oxygen supplied and appeared to be a better monitor of oxygen than conventional electrochemical systems currently in use. Oxygen associated with whole blood and plasma lipid was markedly below normal on aortic declamping after cardiopulmonary bypass, suggesting an hypoxic episode at this point. Levels of oxygen in the lipid phase of plasma returned to normal presurgical values 6–8 h after surgery. 4. Calculation of the concentration of lipid-associated oxygen present in plasma suggests that plasma lipids contain up to 25% of that typically ascribed to haemoglobin. Thus, we suggest that monitoring lipid-associated oxygen may prove a better alternative to current methods of measuring oxygen status. Furthermore, we suggest that plasma lipid is a hitherto unsuspected pool of circulating oxygen which may play a significant role in tissue oxygen supply. |
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