I Abstract. Objectives: To evaluate the sensitivity of 1 retinal venous 0, saturation (SrvO,) for early blood ' loss and reinfusion. A secondary objective was to mea-~ sure the correlation between SrvO, and mixed venous 0, saturation (SvO,) during blood loss and reinfusion. Methods: Seven anesthetized swine were bled a t 0.8 mlflrglmin to 16 m m g . Shed blood was re-infused a t the same rate and the swine were allowed to equilibrate. After equilibration, repeat hemorrhages were performed at 1.6 ml/kg/min and 2.4 ml/kg/min. SrvO, was measured using a n eye oximeter (EOX) and SvO, was measured using a fiber-optic catheter. The retinal vasculature offers a potential site for noninvasive monitoring of perfusion Retinal perfusion has been used associated with cerebral perfusion under adverse conditions. 13-l5 Retinal vessel oximetry can detect changes in 0, saturation as small as +4%.10Js-18 In a study of large retinal vessel saturations, the retinal venous 0, saturation (SrvO,) In a pilot test of the device, swine were bled at a slow rate (0.4 ml/kg/min) to a modest end point (16 mL/kg).20 In the pilot study, there was a strong negative correlation between the amount of blood removed and SrvO, (r = -0.93). We also described