Patient blood management during cardiac surgery: Do we have enough evidence for clinical practice?

Transfusion of allogeneic blood products during and aftercardiac operations is common. When the degree of anemiaand the consequent decrease in oxygen deliverylead to organ ischemia, there is little doubt that red bloodcell (RBC) transfusion is necessary. In addition, treatmentwith fresh-frozen plasm...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ranucci, M., Aronson, S., Dietrich, W., Dyke, C., Hofmann, Axel, Karkouti, K., Levi, M., Murphy, G., Sellke, F., Shore-Lesserson, L., von Heymann, C.
Format: Journal Article
Published: The American Association of Thoracic Surgery 2011
Subjects:
Online Access:http://intl-jtcs.ctsnetjournals.org/
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/49505