Better for some, maybe not for all: A response to preemptive transfusion and infusion strategy in children during craniofacial reconstruction

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 574-575

  Ririe, Douglas G ^a   Smith, Timothy E ^a   David, Lisa R ^a   Argenta, Louis C ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; ERYTHROPOIETIN; CRYSTALLOID; ISOTONIC SOLUTION; PLASMA SUBSTITUTE;

ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY; ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LETTER; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ANESTHESIA; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CRANIOFACIAL ABNORMALITIES; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PLASTIC SURGERY;

ANESTHESIA; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CRANIOFACIAL ABNORMALITIES; CRANIOSYNOSTOSES; HUMANS; ISOTONIC SOLUTIONS; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; PLASMA SUBSTITUTES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 77952970354     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2010.03302.x     Document Type: Letter

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