Annals of surgery
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To investigate the efficacy of liposome-encapsulated hemoglobin (LHb) transfusion in rats undergoing lethal progressive hemodilution. ⋯ LHb transfusion is effective in rescuing rats undergoing progressive hemodilution from lethal organ hypoxia without scavenging NO.
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The purpose of this study was to determine the reliability and validity of the scores from "key feature" cases in the self-assessment of colon and rectal surgeons. ⋯ The self-assessment of surgical specialists, in this case colorectal surgeons, using KF cases is possible and yielded reliable and valid scores.