Anaesthetic strategies to reduce perioperative blood loss in paediatric surgery

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 175-181

  Weber, T P ^a   Grosse Hartlage M A ^a   Van Aken, H ^a   Booke, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b Dept of Anaesthesia   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood transfusion, autologous, blood transfusion; Haemorrhage, blood loss, surgical; Infant, newborn

Indexed keywords

AMINOCAPROIC ACID; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; APROTININ; DESMOPRESSIN; HEPARIN; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BLEEDING; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; BLOOD COMPONENT; CHILD; DEVICE; EXPOSURE; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INFANT; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIA; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION, AUTOLOGOUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEAMINO ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; HEMODILUTION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN;

EID: 0037335060     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0265021503000310     Document Type: Review

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