CARDIOPULMONARY PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES TO HEAVY EXERCISE IN PATIENTS WITH ANEMIA *

Abstract

The hemodynamic adaptation of the human body to acute and chronic anemia has been extensively studied. There are few reports, however, of in- vestigations of the response of anemic individuals to exercise. The most exhaustive study to date is that of Bishop, Donald and Wade (1), who evalu- ated 11 patients with anemia at moderate levels of exercise, performed in a supine position at minute ventilations up to 20 L.