Results of open heart surgery in Jehovah's Witnesses patients

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 247-250

  Juraszek, A ^a   Dziodzio, T ^a   Roedler, S ^a   Kral, A ^a   Hutschala, D ^a   Wolner, E ^a   Grimm, M ^a   Czerny, M ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b NONE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Hematocrit; Jehova's witnesses; Thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; PROTAMINE; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

ADULT; ANEMIA; AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BLOOD LEVEL; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; JEHOVAH'S WITNESS; MALE; OPEN HEART SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TECHNIQUE;

AGED; ANEMIA; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 67650487588     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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