Fortschritte der Medizin
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Fortschritte der Medizin · Oct 1994
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical Trial[Hypervolemic hemodilution as a means of preventing homologous blood transfusion. A simple alternative to acute normovolemic hemodilution].
Acute normovolenic hemodilution (ANH) is timeconsuming and complicated, and has only a small effect in reducing the need for homologous blood. A simpler procedure is hypervolemic hemodilution (HHD). In the present prospective, randomized study, HHD is compared with ANH for its blood-saving effect. ⋯ HHD is just as effective as ANH for reducing homologous blood requirements, and is much simpler to apply.