Thank you. Your comment brings up several points I had in the back of my mind, and as it appears that you may be an anaethesiologist, may I ask a question or two of you?
Is there now an alternate standard method for oxygen saturation of the blood? I had read some years ago regarding such with animal research, but do not remember the gas used - fluor?
Has it become any sort of common practice for patients to bank their own blood previous to surgery?
I had begun to see an article or two regarding the dangers of transfused blood, but not platelets. Would it be possible to expand on this?
Thank you, Norski
Thanks so much for the questions. I can help on some of them. It is the holy grail to find alternative delivery of oxygen. Lots of attempts and studies. Nothing yet even looks promising. As for autologous blood. Probably safer however banking blood causes loss of 2,3 DPG which is the crucial enzyme for oxygen delivery. Even autologous blood is not as efficient as delivering oxygen although with autologous you don’t see the inflammatory response that causes the degradation of the KAPLAN -MYERS curve. So safer yes, ideal no.