Minor elective surgical procedures using general anesthesia in children with sickle cell anemia without pre-operative blood transfusion

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 43-47

  Fu, Teresa ^b   Corrigan, Nicole J ^b   Quinn, Charles T ^b   Rogers, Zora R ^b   Buchanan, George R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

General anesthesia; Operation; Sickle cell; Surgery; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INFANT; MINOR SURGERY; NEWBORN; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SURGICAL RISK;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINOR;

EID: 20344384761     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.20283     Document Type: Article

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