Blood loss and replacement for paediatric cranioplasty in Australia - A prospective national audit

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 107-113

  Howe, P W ^a   Cooper, M G ^a,b  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blood loss; Cranioplasty; Craniosynostosis; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; CRANIOPLASTY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REOPERATION; SKULL SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 84856441788     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: 14480271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x1204000111     Document Type: Article

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