Esophageal Echo Assessment of LV Function During Acute Normovolemic Hemodilution Using Crystalloid or Hypertonic Saline

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Conditions studied: Acute Hypovolemia

In brief

The purpose of this study is to examine how the heart functions when a calculated amount of blood is removed and how two fluids, Lactated Ringer's (considered the standard replacement fluid) and Hypertonic Saline, re-expand the vascular system.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00683007

Run by

University of California, Davis

People needed

9

Starts

2011-05-01

Expected to finish

2012-04-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-05-30

Who can join

Age: 17 and older, up to 70. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Elective surgical patients requiring acute normovolemic hemodilution

You may not qualify if…

• Contraindication for hemodilution
• Contraindication for TE echo

Where it is running

• University of California Davis Medical Center — Sacramento, California, United States

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