Mechanisms behind operating room blood transfusions in coronary artery bypass graft surgery patients with insignificant bleeding

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 539-544

  Engström, Karl Gunnar ^a,b   Appelblad, Micael ^a,b   Brorsson, Bengt ^a,b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Blood transfusion; Gender; Hemoglobin trigger; Operative bleeding

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOPLEGIA; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INOTROPISM; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 0036793051     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jcan.2002.126944     Document Type: Article

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