The impact of fluid restriction policy in reducing the use of red blood cells in cardiac surgery

Acta Anaesthesiologica Belgica

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 221-228

  Vretzakis, George ^a   Kleitsaki, Athina ^a   Stamoulis, Konstantinos ^a   Dragoumanis, Christos ^a   Tasoudis, Vasilios ^a   Kyriakaki, Katerina ^a   Mikroulis, Demetrios ^a   Giannoukas, Anthanasios ^a   Tsilimingas, Nikolaos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF LARISSA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Cardiac surgery; Cell saver; Fluid restriction; Hemodilution; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

INFUSION FLUID; MORPHINE; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CARDIOPLEGIA; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; URINE VOLUME;

AGED; ANESTHESIA; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HEMATOCRIT; HEMODILUTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 77749295258     PISSN: 00015164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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