1. Clinical outcome and blood transfusion after infant cardiac surgery with a routine use of conventional ultrafiltration.
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Golab, HD, Kissler, J, de Jong, PL, van de Woestijne, PC, Takkenberg, JJM, and Bogers, AJJC
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ANESTHESIA ,ANTICOAGULANTS ,AUDITING ,BLOOD transfusion ,BODY weight ,CHI-squared test ,COLLOIDS ,CORONARY artery bypass ,DEMOGRAPHY ,CARDIAC surgery ,HEMATOCRIT ,LENGTH of stay in hospitals ,INTENSIVE care units ,EVALUATION of medical care ,MEDICAL protocols ,MORTALITY ,PEDIATRICS ,PERFUSION ,POSTOPERATIVE care ,SURGICAL complications ,T-test (Statistics) ,ULTRAFILTRATION ,LOGISTIC regression analysis ,DATA analysis ,CONTROL groups ,RETROSPECTIVE studies ,BODY surface area ,DATA analysis software ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,OSMOTIC pressure ,MANN Whitney U Test - Abstract
The article discusses a study conducted to analyze the effect of conventional ultrafiltration on allogenic blood transfusion and clinical outcome in infants after cardiac surgery. Topics discussed include details of the method, subjects, results and conclusion of the study, which find no significant differences between the groups in relation to demographics or hematological and cardiopulmonary bypass data.
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- 2015
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