Successful blood conservation during craniosynostotic correction with dual therapy using procrit and cell saver

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 101-105

  Krajewski, Kara ^a   Ashley, Rebekah K ^a   Pung, Nina ^a   Wald, Sam ^a   Lazareff, Jorge ^a   Kawamoto, Henry K ^a   Bradley, James P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell saver system; Craniosynostosis; Procrit; Recombinant human erythropoietin (RHE)

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CONSERVATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD VOLUME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC WARD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION, AUTOLOGOUS; CRANIOSYNOSTOSES; CRANIOTOMY; EPOETIN ALFA; ERYTHROPOIETIN, RECOMBINANT; HEMATINICS; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREMEDICATION; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38549165645     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/scs.0b013e3180f6112f     Document Type: Article

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