Perioperative management of four anaemic female Jehovah's Witnesses undergoing urgent complex cardiac surgery

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 349-352

  Casati, Valter ^a   D'Angelo, A ^d   Barbato, L ^b   Turolla, D ^b   Villa, F ^b   Grasso, M A ^a   Porta, A ^c   Guerra, F ^b  

^a Division of Cardiovascular Anesthesia and Intensive Care   (Italy)

^b Division of Cardiac Surgery   (Italy)

^c Policlinico di Monza   (Italy)

^d SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blood, haemodilution; Blood, salvage; Complications, Jehovah's Witness; Surgery, cardiovascular; Tranexamic acid

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIDIURETIC AGENT; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FOLIC ACID; FUROSEMIDE; HEPARIN; IRON; PROTAMINE; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

AGED; ANEMIA; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD SALVAGE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART SURGERY; HEMODILUTION; HEMOSTASIS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; JEHOVAH'S WITNESS; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 34548206210     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aem170     Document Type: Article

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