Hemoglobin-Dilution Method: Effect of Measurement Errors on Vascular Volume Estimation

Table 2

Statistical measures of LN distributions for estimation of initial BV, PV, and RCV when the relative infusion volume is decreased.

	BV (l); X /  S	% error; /  S	PV (l); X /  S	% error; /  S	RCV (l); X /  S	% error; /  S
0.2	5.02 / 1.09	−8.4 to +8.8	3.01 / 1.06	−5.5 to +5.9	1.97 / 1.27	−21 to +27
0.17	5.02 / 1.11	−9.4 to +10	3.01 / 1.06	−6.2 to +6.6	1.97 / 1.32	−24 to +32
0.14	5.02 / 1.12	−11.0 to +12.0	3.01 / 1.08	−7.2 to +7.7	1.94 / 1.4	−29 to +40

1% SD error added to and measurements; see Table 1 for other error-free conditions and description of statistical quantities.