...Kjell Asplund Intentional hemodilution has been shown to increase cerebral blood flow under normal conditions and in experimental stroke. Clinical trials of hemodilution in patients with acute stroke have employed dextran, hydroxyethyl starch or albumin as hemodiluting agents, often in combination...

...Ewa Lindenstrøm; Gudrun Boysen; Lis Waage Christiansen; Bjarke à Rogvi Hansen; Pia Würtzen Nielsen The Scandinavian hemodilution study in acute ischemic stroke used the neurological scale presented here in assessing prognosis and long-term outcome. The purpose of the present study was to test its...