Open-heart surgery and Jehovah's Witnesses

Medicine and Law

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 233-239

  Herczeg, L ^a   Szokol, J ^a   Horvath, G ^a   Vaszily, M ^a   Peterffy, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Bloodless heart operation; Cardiac surgery; Extracorporeal circulation; Hemodilution; Jehova's Witnesses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD STORAGE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HUNGARY; JEHOVAH'S WITNESS; MALE; OPEN HEART SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 33746946445     PISSN: 07231393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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