Volume 17, Issue 1 pp. 84-92
Original Articles

Role of Different Replacement Fluids During Extracorporeal Treatment in a Pig Model of Sepsis

Martin Sauer

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Martin Sauer

Departments of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine

Dr Martin Sauer, Physician, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University of Rostock, Schillingallee 35, 18057 Rostock, Germany. Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this author
Jens Altrichter

Jens Altrichter

Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Medical Faculty of the University of Rostock, University of Rostock, Rostock

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Thomas Mencke

Thomas Mencke

Departments of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine

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Sven Klöhr

Sven Klöhr

Department of Anesthesiology, Hospital Bamberg, Bamberg, Germany

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Maren Thomsen

Maren Thomsen

Departments of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine

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Hans J. Kreutzer

Hans J. Kreutzer

Pathology

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Gabriele Nöldge-Schomburg

Gabriele Nöldge-Schomburg

Departments of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine

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Steffen R. Mitzner

Steffen R. Mitzner

Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Medical Faculty of the University of Rostock, University of Rostock, Rostock

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First published: 29 August 2012
Citations: 3

Abstract

In an extracorporeal combination therapy, the impact of different replacement fluids on survival was tested in a bacterial sepsis model in pigs. In an animal study 19 pigs, weighing 7.5–11.1 kg, were included. All groups received an intravenous lethal dose of live Staphylococcus aureus over 1 h. The animals were treated by an extracorporeal circuit consisting of online centrifugation and subsequent plasma filtration for 4 h. The extracorporeal circuit was pre-filled with 400 mL replacement fluid. In the P0 group 100% hydroxyethyl starch 130/0.4 was used as replacement fluid; in the P30 group 30% pig plasma and 70% hydroxyethyl starch; and in the P100 group 100% pig plasma. The observation time was 7 days. All animals of the group P100 survived, while all animals of group P0 and five out of seven animals of the P30 group died during the observation time. Extracorporeal therapy consisting of online centrifugation and plasma filtration with 100% pig plasma as replacement fluid significantly improved survival in a pig model of sepsis. Further studies with this approach are encouraged.

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