Haemodynamic and oxygen transport response during exchange transfusion for severe falciparum malaria

Abstract

We describe the haemodynamic and oxygen transport response in a patient undergoing exchange transfusion for severe falciparum malaria. We found that exchange transfusion produced a significant increase in left ventricular stroke work index, systemic oxygen delivery and oxygen consumption. This potentially beneficial effect of exchange transfusion has not been reported previously. © The Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine, 1994.