Hemoglobin and Erythropoietin After Commercial Saturation Diving

High-affinity hemoglobin and blood oxygen saturation in diving emperor penguins.

The emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) thrives in the Antarctic underwater environment, diving to depths greater than 500 m and for durations longer than 23 min. To examine mechanisms underlying the exceptional diving ability of this species and further describe blood oxygen (O2) transport and depletion while diving, we characterized the O2-hemoglobin (Hb) dissociation curve of the emperor ...

Hemoglobin, Erythropoietin and Doping testing

comparison of hemoglobin levels before and after hemodialysis and their effects on erythropoietin dosing and cost

patients and methods in this cross-sectional study, the hemoglobin levels of 52 patients with end-stage renal disease were measured before and after hemodialysis. the required erythropoietin doses and the differences in cost were calculated based on the hemoglobin levels before and after hemodialysis. a model to predict the adjusted erythropoietin dosages based on post-hemodialysis hemoglobin l...

Porcine-specific hemoglobin saturation measurements.

The determination of O(2) consumption by using arteriovenous O(2) content differences is dependent on accurate oxyhemoglobin saturation measurements. Because swine are a common experimental species, we describe the validation of CO-oximeter for porcine-specific oxyhemoglobin saturation. After developing a nonlinear mathematical model of the porcine oxyhemoglobin saturation curve, we made 366 po...

Hemoglobin, Testosterone, and Erythropoietin in Prostate Cancer

Prostate cancer is the most common malignancy among North American men, and radiation and total androgen blockade (tab) are commonly used treatment options. In metastatic prostate cancer, tab is considered first-line treatment; it is also used in the treatment of both locally advanced and recurrent prostate cancer1,2. Although not routinely recommended as first-line therapy for the management o...