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P Hobisch-Hagen1

  • 1Clinic of Anesthesia and General Intensive Care Medicine, University of Innsbruck, Austria. Petra.Hobisch-Hagen@uibk.ac.at

Review of adverse effects related to perioperative hemodilution with specific reference to modulation of hemostasis. Relevant studies were obtained from the medical literature. Artificial colloids impair hemostasis in a specific way, especially when given to patients with a congenital alteration of platelet function such as a mild form of von Willebrand disease.

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