Effects of Volume Replacement for Urinary Losses from Mannitol Diuresis on Brain Water in Normal Rats
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Effects of Volume Replacement for Urinary Losses from Mannitol Diuresis on Brain Water in Normal Rats Allan Gottschalk1,2* and Thomas J. K. Toung1 © 2020 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature and Neurocritical Care Society
Abstract Background/Objective: It is frequently recommended that urine output following perioperative mannitol administration be replaced 1:1 with an isotonic crystalloid solution. It is possible that this strategy could increase brain water by reducing the serum osmolality achieved with prior mannitol administration. Therefore, brain water content of rats treated with mannitol alone or mannitol plus normal saline (NS) was studied over a range of urinary replacement ratios. Methods: Male Wister rats received mannitol 3.2 gm/100 gm infused over 45 min followed by hourly determinations of urine output (UO). Control animals received no additional therapy, whereas animals undergoing intervention received hourly replacement of their urinary losses with 0.9% NS in decreasing NS:UO ratios (1:1, 1:2, 1:3). Three hours after completion of the mannitol infusion, a final tally of UO was made. At that time in all animals, blood was obtained for determination of hemoglobin and electrolyte concentrations and plasma osmolality. Following that, the animals were sacrificed to determine brain water content. Additional groups underwent the same protocol but for 5 h with 1:1 urinary replacement, or received a volume of NS equal to that of the mannitol administered to all other control and intervention animals. Results: 1:1 replacement of urinary loss with NS following mannitol administration was associated with brain water content indistinguishable from control animals receiving only a volume of NS equal to that of the mannitol administered to all other groups. Regression analysis demonstrated a decrease in the final brain water content of 0.67% (CI95 0.43–0.92, p
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