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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Res. 2008 Nov;64(5):528–532. doi: 10.1203/PDR.0b013e318183f119

Table 2.

Sequential volume determinations by multiple techniques

RCV (ml)
Difference from 14C
Sheep identity and weight Time 14C 51Cr 125I-SA FC 51Cr 125I-SA FC
1 0 346 370 338 ND 6.9% -2.3% ND
26.4 kg day 2 331 363 313 ND 9.7% -5.4% ND
Difference from Time 0 value -4.3% -1.9% -7.4%
2 0 417 436 446 457 4.6% 7.0% 9.6%
36.8 kg 20 min 425 462 473 492 8.7% 11.3% 15.8%
1.9% 6.0% 6.1% 7.7%
3 0 938 979 994 994 4.4% 6.0% 6.0%
60.5 kg day 1 903 952 880 917 5.4% -2.5% 1.6%
Difference from Time 0 value -3.7% -2.8% -11.0% -7.7%
day 2 934 1013 1025 1030 8.5% 9.7% 10.3%
Difference from Time 0 value -0.43% 3.5% 3.1% 3.6%
Average Error 6.9% 3.4% 8.7%
SD of Error 2.1% 6.7% 5.3%

Abbreviations used in Table 1 and Table 2: 14C = (14C)-cyanate, FC = flow cytometry, 125I-SA = (125I)streptavidin, ND = not determined, RCV = red blood cell volume.