Carbon Monoxide Levels in Cell Saver Salvaged Blood Exposed to Electrocautery during Lumbar Spine Surgery

Journal of Spinal Disorders

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 404-408

  Slucky, Andrew V ^a,b   Eismont, Frank J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon monoxide; Cell saver; Electrocautery

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN; METHEMOGLOBIN; TOXIC GAS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; PEROPERATIVE CARE; SPINE FUSION; AGED; CAUTERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEMATOCRIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION, AUTOLOGOUS; CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; METHEMOGLOBIN; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 0030255647     PISSN: 08950385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002517-199610000-00007     Document Type: Article

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