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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…

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…

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…

(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…

Fig. 5.1 Forest plot of the odds of mortality for transfusion versus no transfusion from observational studies. Individual references are available on request 5.3 Randomised Controlled Trials on Red Blood…

, Dean Fergusson1 and Lauralyn McIntyre1, 2 (1) Centre for Transfusion Research, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada (2) Department of Medicine (Critical Care), The University of Ottawa,…

Fig. 14.1 Factor concentrations in white-cell-reduced FFP (Taken from Stanworth et al. [2]) 14.1.2 Indications for FFP Use in Critical Illness The use of FFP in critical illness has increased…

TRALI  Acute onset within 6 h after a blood transfusion  PaO2/FiO2 <300 mmHg  Bilateral infiltrative changes on the chest X-ray  No sign of hydrostatic pulmonary edema (PAOP <18 mmHg or…