Exceptional Blood Loss Anemia

Exceptional blood loss is the most common cause of acute blood loss anemia. The primary risk of exceptional blood loss associated with a reduction in the number of erythrocytes (a Red Blood Cells carrying the oxygen bound to Hemoglobin), which affects blood volume and its consistency.

If plasma were the only vehicle to deliver dissolved oxygen, each 100 ml of blood flowing to an organ system would carry only 0.3 ml of gaseous oxygen. The consumption of oxygen by human tissues far exceeds this. For instance, the kidney extracts approximately 2 ml of oxygen for every 100 ml of blood which circulates through it. From the same 100 ml of blood, the brain extracts approximately 6.5 ml and the heart 10.5 ml of oxygen.

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