Blood conservation strategies in cardiac surgery: More is better

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 865-870

  Avgerinos, Dimitrios V ^a   DeBois, William ^a   Salemi, Arash ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood conservation; Cardiopulmonary bypass; Intraoperative autologous priming; Retrograde autologous priming

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CONSERVATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD VOLUME; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHEST TUBE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CRYOPRECIPITATE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART SURGERY; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERICARDIECTOMY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIETY OF THORACIC SURGEONS SCORE; THROMBOCYTE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; BLOODLESS CARE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES;

AGED; BLOOD TRANSFUSION, AUTOLOGOUS; BLOODLESS MEDICAL AND SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84933527093     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezt661     Document Type: Article

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