Convective warming postbypass reduces postoperative bleeding

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 435-436

  Saldanha, C ^a   Argano, V ^a   Nunn, S ^a   Zaidi, A ^a   Hadjinikolau, L ^a   Rees, G ^a   Edmondson, S ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RANDOMIZATION; REOPERATION; THERMODYNAMICS; THORAX DRAINAGE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE DYSFUNCTION;

BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CONVECTION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; REOPERATION; REWARMING;

EID: 0034916002     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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5. Convective warming combined with vasodilator therapy accelerates core rewarming after coronary artery bypass surgery