… Finally within our model, we include the ability to alter hematocrit (Hct), baseline O 2 extraction
fraction (OEF 0 ), echo time (TE), the intrinsic intravascular to extravascular signal ratio (λ)…

… Effects of normalization of hematocrit on cerebral blood flow and oxygen metabolism were
… volume (rCBV), oxygen extraction ratio (rOER), and metabolic rate for oxygen (rCMRO 2 ) …

… functions and oxygen metabolism were made at various levels of hematocrit in each of 25
dogs. The following procedure was used to experimentally vary the hematocrit level in the dog …

… The goal of any resuscitation protocol is the restoration of tissue perfusion to a level that
provides adequate tissue oxygen for aerobic cellular metabolism. Resuscitation protocols …

… in hematocrit can occur during initiation of CPB, we propose a novel theoretical model to
incorporate hematocrit … Next, we apply and assess the impact of this hematocrit correction …

… In the present study, effects of Ht variations on CBF and oxygen delivery were investigated …
oxygen delivery were different from those in healthy subjects. Further, an "optimal hematocrit" …

… circulation and was constant over a Hct range between 25% and 45% in the total body [47,
48]. Cerebral oxygen transport and oxygen metabolism were highest at a Hct level of 31% in …

… to transport materials to subserve metabolic needs. The rate of … the reunder the influence of
local metabolic and myogenic … to 32% Hct, a Hct range in which we oxygen-carrying capacity …

… Summary: The oxygen-IS steady-state technique to mea sure the regional cerebral metabolic
rate for oxygen re quires a correction for the nonextracted intravascular molecular oxygen-…

… The posttreatment Hct value in the present study was slightly lower than this level, but this
level of Hct was expected to be sufficient for obtaining optimal brain oxygen delivery. However, …