Resuscitation with polyethylene glycol-modified human hemoglobin improves microcirculatory blood flow and tissue oxygenation after hemorrhagic shock in awake hamsters*

Abstract

The presence of 0.9 g/dL of high oxygen affinity MalPEG-Hb improves microvascular blood flow and oxygen transport during shock to a significantly greater extent than that attainable with blood or HES.