Prophylactic positive end-expiratory pressure and reduction of postoperative blood loss in open-heart surgery

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1191-1194

  Collier, Bryan ^a   Kolff, Jacob ^a   Devineni, Rajsekhar ^a   Gonzalez III, Luis S ^a  

^a Department of Pharmaceutical Care Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OPEN HEART SURGERY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THORAX DRAINAGE;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036798911     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(02)03879-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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