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The validation of auricular densitometry for indocyanine green clearance measurement of hepatic blood flow during and after cardiopulmonary bypass in children

IM Mitchell

Department of Cardiac Surgery, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Yorkhill, Glasgow

Jcs Pollock

Department of Cardiac Surgery, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Yorkhill, Glasgow

Mpg Jamieson

Department of Cardiac Surgery, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Yorkhill, Glasgow

The clinical measurement of hepatic perfusion is complicated by a dual blood supply and the invasive nature of the majority of techniques available. The aim of this study was to validate indocyanine green clearance and noninvasive auricular densitometry as a measure of hepatic perfusion in the context of paediatric cardiac surgery.

The effects of different dye concentrations on densitometer recording were assessed in vitro and found to have a linear relationship. Similarly, variations in haematocrit, within the range 21-47%, also had little effect on accuracy.

Comparison of densitometry and direct blood sampling with plasma spectrophotometry in six postoperative, normothermic children showed no significant difference between the noninvasive and invasive techniques (r = 0.968; p > 0.05, t-test). Comparison in 10 hypothermic children during cardiopulmonary bypass also showed no significant difference between the two methods, provided that no further cooling or rewarming took place (r = 0.83; p > 0.05, Wilcoxon test). Noninvasive auricular densitometry can, therefore, provide a reliable assessment of hepatic perfusion in children undergoing cardiac surgery.

Perfusion, Vol. 10, No. 4, 197-208 (1995)
DOI: 10.1177/026765919501000402
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