Improved hemorheological properties during infusion of a lipid emulsion (Intralipid) in healthy subjects

Objectives: Lipid emulsions are commonly used for nutrition in critically ill patients. In these patients interventions resulting in deteriorated blood rheology and thereby an impaired microcirculation may be deleterious. This study examined the acute hemorrheological effects of the lipid emulsion Intralipid. We have recently shown that hyperinsulinemia exerts a negative effect on erythrocyte deformability, and here the effect of hyperinsulinemia combined with Intralipid was studied.