Do miniaturized extracorporeal circuits confer significant clinical benefit without compromising safety? A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 141-151

  Harling, Leanne ^a,b   Warren, Oliver J ^a   Martin, Anna ^a   Kemp, Paul R ^a   Evans, Paul C ^a   Darzi, Ara ^a   Athanasiou, Thanos ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECT; BLOOD LOSS; CARDIAC SURGERY; CHEST TUBES; DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; LENGTH OF STAY; META-ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; RANDOM EFFECTS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RENAL FAILURE; SAFETY CONCERNS; SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW;

BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY;

INTENSIVE CARE UNITS;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ELECTRONICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LENGTH OF STAY; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SAFETY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MINIATURIZATION; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SAFETY;

EID: 79955605771     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAT.0b013e318209d63b     Document Type: Review

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