Effect of erythrocytapheresis on arteria
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Uchida, Kou; Rackoff, Wayne R.; Ohene-Frempong, Kwaku; Kim, Haewon C.; Reilly, M
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Article
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1998
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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An important purpose of blood transfusion in patients with sickle cell disease is to improve arterial oxygen saturation (SaO 2 ) and thereby reduce red cell sickling. To investigate the degree of improvement in SaO 2 by blood transfusion, we determined the hemoglobin oxygen affinity, transcutaneous