The Effects of Acute and Chronic Inflammation on the Dynamics of Fluid Shift of Ringer’s Solution and Hemodynamics during Surgery

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the influences of acute and chronic inflammation on the dynamics of fluid shift of Ringer's solution and hemodynamics in patients during surgery. Thirty-seven patients with ASA grade I-II were enrolled and allocated to two study groups according to the type of disease and operation and inflammation, including patients undergoing emergency appendectomy (Acute group, n = 19) and patients undergoing elective cholecystectomy (Chronic group, n = 18). All of the patients were administered 15 mL/kg of RL at a constant rate over 35 mins before the induction of anesthesia. Plasma dilution (PD), volume expansion (VE), volume expansion efficiency (VEE), and extravascular volume (EVV) were calculated based on the concentration of hemoglobin within 2 hrs post-infusion. Heart rate (HR), arterial blood pressure and urine output were also recorded. PD and VE peaked at the end of infusion, while VEE peaked at the beginning of infusion in all of the patients. After infusion, PD, VE and VEE in the Acute group were all higher than those in the Chronic group (P < 0.05). PD and VE were higher during anesthesia or surgery than during awake or non-surgery (P < 0.001). The mean arterial pressure (MAP) and diastolic pressure (DBP) in the Acute group were significantly lower (P < 0.001) and HR was significantly higher (P < 0.001) than in the Chronic group during the study periods. It was suggested that patients with acute inflammation be treated with individualized fluid therapy during surgery.