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Review
. 2009 Oct;7(4):250-8.
doi: 10.2450/2008.0072-08.

Clinical evidence of blood transfusion effectiveness

Andreas Pape  1 , Peter Stein, Oliver Horn, Oliver Habler
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Review

Clinical evidence of blood transfusion effectiveness

Andreas Pape et al. Blood Transfus. 2009 Oct.
No abstract available

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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Relationship between oxygen consumption (VO2) and oxygen delivery (DO2). Physiologically, DO2 amounts to three- to four-fold the VO2. Over a long period, VO2 remains independent of DO2 despite the anaemia-related decrease of DO2 (oxygen supply-independency of DO2). When a critical haemoglobin concentration (Hbcrit) is reached, DO2 falls short of the actual oxygen demand and VO2 begins to decrease (onset of oxygen supply-dependency of VO2).
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