Figure 1.
Effect of normovolemic hemodilution on survival (A), hematocrit (B) mean arterial pressure (C), heartrate (D), breathing (E) and temperature (F). During hemodilution (grey background), animals were diluted using 5% human serum albumin [HSA (control)] or 12 vol% capsules (treatment) to a hematocrit of 5%. The Kaplan–Meier plot shows an increased survival of the treatment group compared to the control animals (A). The plots show the mean ± SEM of n = 8 animals per group. Asterisk indicates significance with p < 0.05 compared to the controls.