Reassessing the risk of hemodilutional anemia: Some new pieces to an old puzzle

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 779-791

  Tsui, Albert K Y ^a,b   Dattani, Neil D ^a   Marsden, Philip A ^a   El Beheiry, Mostafa H ^a,b   Grocott, Hilary P ^c   Liu, Elaine ^a   Biro, George P ^d   David Mazer, C ^a,b   Hare, Gregory M T ^a,b  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HEMOGLOBIN; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1ALPHA; METHEMOGLOBIN; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANEMIA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEMODILUTION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; KIDNEY INJURY; MORTALITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; ANIMAL; ANOXIA; KIDNEY DISEASES; METABOLISM; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANEMIA; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; HEMODILUTION; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; METHEMOGLOBIN; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 77955471701     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12630-010-9329-x     Document Type: Review

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