Heated hand vein blood is satisfactory for measurements during free fatty acid kinetic studies

Michael D. Jensen, Valarie J. Heiling

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Abstract

Quantitatively accurate measurements of plasma free fatty acid (FFA) turnover can be made if the FFA tracer is infused intravenously and arterial blood is sampled. To be certain that arterialized-venous blood provides comparable information, plasma FFA concentration and specific activity were measured in both arterial and arterialized-venous blood in 19 volunteers undergoing infusion of [1-14C]palmitate infusion before and during a euglycemic, hyperinsulinemic clamp. Heated hand vein blood was obtained using either the heated box (n = 9 subjects) or heating pad (n = 10 subjects) technique. The heated box arterialized-venous blood had palmitate concentration and specific activity equal to arterial blood. The use of the heating pad resulted in small (3%), but statistically significant (P < .05), underestimates of palmitate specific activity. In addition, plasma lactate concentrations were significantly higher in heated hand vein blood than arterial blood. In summary, heated hand vein blood is a satisfactory alternative to arterial blood for tracer studies of FFA metabolism.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)406-409
Number of pages4
JournalMetabolism
Volume40
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 1991

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
  • Endocrinology

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