Blood Volume Assessment in COVID-19 and Bacterial Sepsis

The BVA-100 is a software package designed to calculate human blood volume using the method of tracer dilution. It uses tagged serum albumin.

TPTD consists of placing a thermistor-equipped catheter in a central artery (usually the femoral or axillary artery) and injecting cold saline solution into a central vein through a central venous catheter.

With incident dark field imaging, the CytoCam device can record digital image sequences using a handheld camera. In the current study the camera will be used to non-invasively record images of the sublingual microcirculation.