Cell salvage as part of a blood conservation strategy in anaesthesia

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 401-416

  Ashworth, A ^a   Klein, A A ^a  

^a PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

blood transfusion; care, intraoperative; surgery

Indexed keywords

BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; BLOOD STORAGE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HUMAN; NEOPLASMS; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; PEROPERATIVE CARE; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PROCEDURES; TRANSPLANTATION;

BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD PRESERVATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION, AUTOLOGOUS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; NEOPLASMS; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 77956942601     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeq244     Document Type: Review

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