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Sepsis, Anemia, and Tissue O2 Availability

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Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine

Part of the book series: Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine ((YEARBOOK,volume 1996))

Abstract

Complicating severe bacterial infection, sepsis is a clinical syndrome distinguished by systemic inflammation and widespread tissue injury. As survival has been associated with improving tissue O2 availability [1] and anemia is common in septic patients [1], the logic of improving tissue O2 availability by transfusing red blood cells (RBC) to normalize hemoglobin concentrations is frequently argued in the clinical literature [2, 3], yet not unequivocally substantiated [4].

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  1. Department of Intensive Care, Erasme Hospital, Free University of Brussels, Route de Lennik 808, B-1070, Brussels, Belgium

    Jean-Louis Vincent (Clinical Director) (Clinical Director)

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Sibbald, W.J., Bloos, F., Morisaki, H. (1996). Sepsis, Anemia, and Tissue O2 Availability. In: Vincent, JL. (eds) Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine. Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, vol 1996. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-80053-5_25

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