Ultrafiltration reduces blood transfusions following cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 892-897

  Boodhwani, Munir ^a   Williams, Kathryn ^a   Babaev, Andrew ^a   Gill, Gurinder ^a   Saleem, Nusrat ^a   Rubens, Fraser D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bleeding; Blood transfusion; Meta analysis; Randomized controlled trials; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; EMBASE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ULTRAFILTRATION;

ADULT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; HEMOFILTRATION; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 33750942687     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2006.09.014     Document Type: Article

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