Implications and management of anemia in cardiac surgery: Current state of knowledge

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 538-546

  Loor, Gabriel ^a   Koch, Colleen G ^a   Sabik III, Joseph F ^a   Li, Liang ^a   Blackstone, Eugene H ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOCAPROIC ACID; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 9; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 1; HEME OXYGENASE 1; HEMOGLOBIN; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1ALPHA; LYSINE DERIVATIVE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ANEMIA; AORTA BALLOON; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CONSERVATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CELL DAMAGE; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ERYTHROCYTE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART SURGERY; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOPHILIA B; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JEHOVAH'S WITNESS; KIDNEY FAILURE; META ANALYSIS; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE DELIRIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REOPERATION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; SALVAGE THERAPY; SEPTICEMIA; STRESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 84865678587     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.04.014     Document Type: Editorial

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