Open AccessRisks Associated with Under‐Transfusion
Author(s) -
Wahr Joyce A.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
transfusion alternatives in transfusion medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1778-428X
pISSN - 1295-9022
DOI - 10.1111/j.1778-428x.2000.tb00035.x
Subject(s) - medicine , anemia , disease , intensive care medicine , transfusion therapy , myocardial ischemia , ischemia , cardiology , blood transfusion
SUMMARY Cardiovascular disease accounts for a majority of the deaths each year in westernized countries. Anemia, with its obligatory increase in cardiac output, may present a special risk in these patients. A review of the physiology of acute and chronic anemia as well as the physiology of myocardial ischemia is presented. A review of the literature regarding the risks and recommendations for therapy in this group of high‐risk patients is presented.