Intra-operative intravenous fluid restriction reduces perioperative red blood cell transfusion in elective cardiac surgery, especially in transfusion-prone patients: A prospective, randomized controlled trial

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Vretzakis, George ^a   Kleitsaki, Athina ^a   Stamoulis, Konstantinos ^a   Bareka, Metaxia ^a   Georgopoulou, Stavroula ^a   Karanikolas, Menelaos ^b   Giannoukas, Athanasios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF LARISSA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HEMODILUTION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEMODILUTION; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77952315863     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-8090-5-7     Document Type: Article

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