Figure 50-38 Relationship between systemic transport of oxygen (STO2 ) and hematocrit (%). Oxygen delivery is maximum in the hematocrit range of 35% to 45%. (Redrawn from Gordon RJ, Kavin MB, Dalcoff GR: Blood rheology. In Thomas CC [ed]: Cardiovascular Physiology for Anesthesiologists. Springfield, IL, Charles C Thomas, 1979, pp 27–71.)


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