A laboratory evaluation of the Level 1 rapid infuser (H1025) and the Belmont instrument fluid management system (FMS 2000) for rapid transfusion

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1064-1069

  Comunale, Mark E ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICE; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; EVALUATION; FLOW RATE; HEAT EXCHANGE; HEATING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0141681158     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000077078.53242.29     Document Type: Article

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