Permissive anemia: How low should we go?

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 150, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1330-1331

  Whitman, Glenn J R ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ANEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEART SURGERY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLOOD; FEMALE; HEART VALVE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; MALE; METABOLISM;

ANEMIA; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVES; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE;

EID: 84948710386     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2015.08.008     Document Type: Editorial

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