The importance of hematocrit for oxygen delivery and hemodynamics
Anemia is common in elderly patients undergoing surgery and in critical patients. A 72-year-old man submitted to a revision of hip replacement implant was diagnosed with tuberculosis, followed by pulmonary fibrosis, pulmonary heart disease and compensatory erythrocytosis. In the postoperative period...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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PAGEPress Publications
2013-06-01
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| Series: | Emergency Care Journal |
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| Online Access: | http://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/ecj/article/view/1190 |