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Review
. 1996:67:13-20.
doi: 10.1007/978-3-7091-6894-3_3.

Clinical microdialysis: the role of on-line measurement and quantitative microdialysis

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Clinical microdialysis: the role of on-line measurement and quantitative microdialysis

M G Boutelle et al. Acta Neurochir Suppl. 1996.

Abstract

The use of microdialysis in the clinic is examined in the light of lessons learnt from microdialysis in freely moving rats. Changes in concentrations of metabolites are an important index of the state of health of tissues. For effective therapeutic intervention rapid assays are essential Enzyme-based on-line assays for glucose and lactate are described. By combining two of these assays simultaneous measurements of glucose and lactate, sampled at 2 min intervals can be obtained. The relation between dialysate concentrations and the true extracellular concentration of an analyte is dependent on conditions in the tissue sampled and cannot be calculated from in vitro probe recoveries. Furthermore, with acute implantation of the probe and possibly rapidly changing tissue conditions, there will be changes in probe recovery in vivo. Quantitative microdialysis allows the measurement of the true extracellular concentration and the probe recovery in vivo. The clinical applicability of a number of quantitative microdialysis methods is discussed, and three approaches highlighted. By increasing membrane length and reducing flow rate recovery in vivo can be increased to 100%. In this case dialysate concentrations equal extracellular ones. By perfusing an inert exogenous compound an index of changes to extracellular volume and hence tissue oedema can be obtained. In the zero net flux method the infusion of a few concentrations of the analyte under study allows the direct determination of both the ECF concentration and the in vivo recovery. The latter can provide valuable information about changes in the physical as well as chemical state of the tissue. This can guide rapid effective therapeutic intervention.

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