Preoperative acute normovolaemic hemodilution (ANH) in combination with hypotensive epidural anaesthesia (HEA) during knee arthroplasty surgery. No effect on transfusion rate. A randomized controlled trial [ISRCTN87597684]

BMC Anesthesiology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages

  Juelsgaard, Palle ^a   Møller, Marianne Birkebæk ^a   Larsen, Ulf Thyge ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; DALTEPARIN; MORPHINE; OXYGEN; PARACETAMOL; PROPOFOL; ROPIVACAINE;

AGED; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD VISCOSITY; BLOOD VOLUME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMODILUTION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; KIDNEY DISEASE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOSIS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYMPATHETIC BLOCKING;

EID: 0038759274     PISSN: 14712253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2253-2-1     Document Type: Article

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