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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Transfusion. 2012 Nov 26;53(5):1059–1068. doi: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2012.03961.x

Figure 3. Hemodynamic changes in male and female patients after transfusion.

Figure 3

* indicates a trend difference between male and female patients (0.05 < p < 0.10), ** indicates a significant difference (p < 0.05). SV = stroke volume (ml), CI = cardiac index (dL/min/m2), SVRi = systemic vascular resistance index (woods units), NIRS = near infrared spectroscopy (%). Figure shows that males decreased stroke volume and cardiac index to a greater degree than females. The males also increased systemic and pulmonary vascular resistance to a greater degree. Effects combined to decrease oxygen delivery in males versus increase in females.