Impact of autologous blood transfusion on the use of pack of red blood cells in coronary artery bypass grafting surgery
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the impact of Cell Saver autologous blood transfusion system (CS) on the use of packed red blood cells (pRBC) in coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery. METHODS: We carried out a retrospective cross-sectional study in 87 patients undergoing primary elective CABG with m...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular
2013-06-01
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-76382013000200006&lng=en&tlng=en |