A simple method for the intravenous fat-tolerance test

Abstract

A simple method for measuring intravenous fat tolerance with an artificial fat emulsion (Intralipid) was studied and compared with the currently used method of Carlson and Rossner. The proposed method uses as little as 3 mL of whole blood to follow, by nephelometry, the elimination of intravenously administered fat emulsions. There is a high correlation between the K2 values obtained by the current method for plasma and those obtained by the proposed method (r=0.903). The latter is simpler, quicker and more acceptable to patients.