Rationalizing blood transfusion in cardiac surgery: The impact of a red cell volume-based guideline on blood usage and clinical outcome

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 205-210

  Slight, R D ^a   O'Donohoe, P ^a   Fung, A K Y ^a   Alonzi, C ^a   McClelland, D B L ^b   Mankad, P S ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH NATIONAL BLOOD TRANSFUSION SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Red cell; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; PROTAMINE SULFATE;

ADULT; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEMOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 51749108656     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: 14230410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.2008.01083.x     Document Type: Article

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