1. Effects of autologous priming on blood conservation after cardiac surgery.
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Teman, NR, Delavari, N, Romano, MA, Prager, RL, Yang, B, and Haft, JW
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PERFUSION ,AUTOTRANSFUSION of blood ,ACADEMIC medical centers ,BLOOD transfusion ,CHI-squared test ,CONFIDENCE intervals ,HEMODILUTION ,MEDICAL records ,MULTIVARIATE analysis ,MYOCARDIAL revascularization ,STATISTICS ,T-test (Statistics) ,TRANSLUMINAL angioplasty ,LOGISTIC regression analysis ,DATA analysis ,RELATIVE medical risk ,RETROSPECTIVE studies ,DATA analysis software ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics - Abstract
The article presents a study on the impact of autologous priming on blood conservation in patients after cardiac surgery. Topics include the need for alternative perfusion techniques to lower hemodilution, the effectiveness of a protocol of retrograde autologous prime (RAP) and venous antegrade prime (VAP), and the increase in postoperative hematocrits. It also discusses the use of a retrospective review to examine patients' data on their surgeries.
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- 2014
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