Adjusting surgical bleeding for dilutional effect of Hextend

Transfusion

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2480-2481

  Javidroozi, Mazyar ^a   Moskowitz, David M ^a   Shander, Aryeh ^a  

^a ENGLEWOOD HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HETASTARCH;

BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD VOLUME; CIRCULATION; HEART SURGERY; HEMODILUTION; HUMAN; LETTER;

ARTIFACTS; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHEST TUBES; HEMATOCRIT; HETASTARCH; HUMANS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PLASMA SUBSTITUTES;

EID: 55349092659     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2008.01919.x     Document Type: Letter

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