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Review
. 2010;14(2):213.
doi: 10.1186/cc8854. Epub 2010 Mar 9.

Venous oxygen saturation as a physiologic transfusion trigger

Benoit Vallet  1 , Emmanuel Robin, Gilles Lebuffe
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Review

Venous oxygen saturation as a physiologic transfusion trigger

Benoit Vallet et al. Crit Care. 2010.

Abstract

This article is one of ten reviews selected from the Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2010 (Springer Verlag) and co-published as a series in Critical Care. Other articles in the series can be found online at http://ccforum.com/series/yearbook. Further information about the Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine is available from http://www.springer.com/series/2855.

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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
ROC curve analysis illustrating the usefulness of ScvO2 measurement before blood transfusion in order to predict a minimal 5% increase in ScvO2 after BT. The threshold value for ScvO2 with the best sensitivity and best specificity was 69.5% (*sensitivity: 82%, specificity: 76%; area under the curve: 0.831 ± 0.059). Adapted from [7] with permission.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Individual evolutions in ScvO2 before and after blood transfusion (BT) according to agreement (Reco+) or not (Reco-) with the SRLF recommendations for transfusion and according to the ScvO2 before transfusion (< or ≥ 70%). Adapted from [7] with permission.
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