A New Intraoperative Protocol for Reducing Perioperative Transfusions in Cardiac Surgery

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 176-181

  Mehaffey, J Hunter ^a   Schubert, Sarah A ^a   Gelvin, Michael G ^a   Charles, Eric J ^a   Hawkins, Robert B ^a   Johnston, Lily E ^a   Ailawadi, Gorav ^a   Kron, Irving L ^a   Yarboro, Leora T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMINOCAPROIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS EQUIPMENT; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROTATIONAL THROMBOELASTOMETRY; SOCIETY OF THORACIC SURGEONS SCORE; SURGICAL PATIENT; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; ANEMIA; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; INCIDENCE; INTRAOPERATIVE MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOELASTOGRAPHY; TRENDS; UTILIZATION; VIRGINIA;

AGED; ANEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DISEASES; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBELASTOGRAPHY; VIRGINIA;

EID: 85010375886     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.10.032     Document Type: Article

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