Blood transfusions in cardiac surgery: Indications, risks, and conservation strategies

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 726-734

  Kilic, Arman ^a   Whitman, Glenn J R ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

19; CTSNet classification

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ANEMIA; BLOOD CONSERVATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK;

19;

ANEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOODLESS MEDICAL AND SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84895067557     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.08.016     Document Type: Review

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