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A synthetic haemoglobin‐based oxygen carrier and the reversal of cardiac hypoxia secondary to severe anaemia following trauma
Author(s) -
Fitzgerald Mark C,
Chan Julie Y,
Ross Andrew W,
Liew Susan M,
Butt Warwick W,
Baguley David,
Salem Hatem H,
Russ Matthias K,
Deasy Conor,
Martin Katherine E,
Mathew Joseph K,
Rosenfeld Jeffrey V
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2011.tb03064.x
Subject(s) - intensivist , major trauma , medicine , intensive care unit , management , surgery , economics
We report a case of compassionate use of a haemoglobin-based oxygen carrier in a severely injured Jehovah's Witness patient, for whom survival was considered unlikely. Severe anaemia and cardiac hypoxia were reversed after slow infusion of this agent. No vasoactive side effects were associated with the treatment, possibly due to the slow infusion, and the patient survived.