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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Main Authors: Leonardo Leiria de Moura da Silva, Anna Júlia de Borba Andres, Roberta Senger, Ralf Stuermer, Maria Celoni de Mello de Godoy, Eduardo Francisco Mafassioli Correa, Virgínia Maria Cóser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular 2013-06-01
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