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British Journal of Anaesthesia, Vol 76, Issue 6 783-789, Copyright © 1996 by The Board of Management and Trustees of the British Journal of Anaesthesia

CLINICAL INVESTIGATIONS

Oxygen consumption and delivery relationship in brain-dead organ donors

O. Langeron, P. Couture, J. Mateo, B. Riou, J. L. Pansard and P. Coriat
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Hopital Pitie-Salpetriere, Paris VI University, Paris, France

The oxygen delivery (DO2) and consumption (VO2) relationship in brain- dead organ donors is unknown. Therefore, in a prospective study, we determined the DO2/VO2 relationship in 21 consecutive brain-dead patients. Patients were allocated to one of two groups, according to plasma lactate concentration: normal (group NL, n = 11) or high (> 2.5 mmol litre-1) (group HL, n = 10). VO2 was measured independently, using indirect calorimetry, under control conditions, during low DO2 challenge with PEEP administration, and high DO2 challenge with inflation of medical antishock trousers and volume expansion or blood transfusion, as required. Under control conditions, there were no significant differences between groups NL and HL in haemodynamic or oxygenation variables, both groups having a low VO2 (mean 114 (SD 21) ml min-1 m-2). In group HL there was a different DO2/VO2 relationship pattern, with a dependent VO2 only. The mean slope of the DO2/VO2 relationship was significantly higher in group HL than in group NL (0.12 (0.09) vs 0.04 (0.07), P < 0.05). We conclude that brain death was associated with a low VO2, and patients in group HL exhibited DO2/VO2 dependency which was not observed in patients in group NL.
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