CRITICAL CARE
ScvO2 as an Alternative Transfusion Trigger
DO2, oxygen delivery; SV, stroke volume; HR, heart rate; Hb, haemoglobin; SaO2, arterial haemoglobin oxygen saturation; PaO2, arterial oxygen partial pressure; CO, cardiac output; CaO2, arterial oxygen content; VO2, oxygen…
Massive Transfusion in Trauma
Fig. 11.1 The conventional concept of traumatic coagulopathy as a secondary process 11.3 Acute Traumatic Coagulopathy The first landmark report of the existence of acute traumatic coagulopathy (ATC) was in…
Transfusion in Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Fig. 12.1 Schematic representation of the coagulation cascade demonstrating the interplay between coagulation, anticoagulation, clot formation and fibrinolysis. Grey boxes with red text indicate which components of the cascade are…
Red Blood Cell Transfusion in the Elderly
(1) Division of General Internal Medicine, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, USA Abstract The elderly population is growing rapidly, and the prevalence of anemia is…
