Effect of hemoglobin concentration on critical cardiac output and oxygen transport
Heusser F, Fahey JT, Lister G. Effect of hemoglobin concentration on critical cardiac output and oxygen transport. American Journal Of Physiology 1989, 256: h527-h532. PMID: 2916686, DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1989.256.2.h527.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSystemic O2 transportPeripheral O2 extractionCardiac outputO2 extractionFractional O2 extractionHemoglobin concentrationArterial blood lactate concentrationBase-line cardiac outputBalloon-tipped catheterPacked red cellsBlood lactate concentrationO2 transportPhysiological anaemiaExchange transfusionAcute reductionRight atriumVenous PO2Relative anemiaLactate concentrationOld lambsRed cellsAnemiaProgressive decreaseBase lineO2 consumption