Thoraco-abdominal aneurysm repair in a Jehovah's Witness: Maximising blood conservation

Perfusion

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 363-364

  Rahman, I A ^a   Hoth, T ^a   Doughty, H ^a   Bonser, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APROTININ; DESMOPRESSIN; FERROUS SULFATE; HEMOGLOBIN; PROSULF; PROTAMINE; RECOMBINANT BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7A; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CONSERVATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; HEMATOTHORAX; HEMODILUTION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEPARINIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; JEHOVAH'S WITNESS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL RISK; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; THORACOTOMY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANTS; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; APROTININ; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; ERYTHROPOIETIN; HEMODILUTION; HEPARIN; HUMANS; JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES; MALE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 42049087392     PISSN: 02676591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0267659107084525     Document Type: Article

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