Transfusion-free cardiopulmonary bypass in Jehovah's Witness patients weighing less than 5 kg

Journal of Extra-Corporeal Technology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 282-285

  Boettcher, Wolfgang ^a   Merkle, Frank ^a   Huebler, Michael ^a   Koster, Andreas ^a   Schulz, Fritz ^a   Kopitz, Michael ^a   Kuppe, Hermann ^a   Lange, Peter ^a   Hetzer, Roland ^a  

^a DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood transfusion; Cardiopulmonary bypass; Infant; Jehovah's Witnesses; Newborn

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; BLOOD COMPONENT THERAPY; BLOOD CONSERVATION; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; HEART LUNG MACHINE; HEMODILUTION; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INFANT; JEHOVAH'S WITNESS; NEWBORN; OPEN HEART SURGERY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY;

EID: 31544479562     PISSN: 00221058     EISSN: 29698960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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