Feasibility of blinding in a randomized controlled trial comparing preoperative autologous blood donation and acute normovolemic hemodilution in adult cardiac surgery

Transfusion

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1058-1062

  Rubens, Fraser D ^a,b   Dupuis, Jean Yves ^a   Robblee, James ^a   Rock, Gail ^a   Bryson, Greg L ^a   Wells, Philip S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HEART SURGERY; HEMODILUTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION, AUTOLOGOUS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HEMODILUTION; HUMANS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033823211     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1537-2995.2000.40091058.x     Document Type: Article

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