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Evaluation with Use of the Lymphatic Cannulation Technique

CAPT. CHARLES S. HARRISON, MC; CAPT. JERROLD M. BECKER, MC

AMA Arch Surg. 1956;73(5):747-752.

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Numerous studies of the profound fluid and electrolyte shifts following thermal injury have been carried out in order to determine the direction and magnitude of these changes. A better method of fluid therapy for extensively burned patients would follow a more thorough understanding of the basic physiologic changes following thermal injury.

Measurement of deuterium oxide is an accurate and fairly simple method for determining total body water.¹ There is no simple procedure, however, which is universally accepted to measure extracellular fluid content, although many ions and substances have been utilized.* This circumstance is most unfortunate, because not only are extracellular fluid compartment measurements important in themselves but intracellular water content is determined by subtracting the extracellular fluid content from the total body water.

In 1952, Young and Raisz⁶ reported an anthrone procedure for determination of inulin in biologic fluids. This was extended to include sucrose, which has a . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
U.S.A.R.

From the Surgical Research Unit, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Present address: Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York (Capt. Becker).

Footnotes
Submitted for publication May 2, 1956.

The Commanding Officer of the Unit, Lieut. Col. Curtis P. Artz (MC), gave continued support, encouragement, and advice throughout the time required for this experimental work. Sp. 3 Thomas H. Armao and Sp. 3 Albert Skuta gave valuable technical assistance.

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