Strategies to prevent intraoperative lung injury during cardiopulmonary bypass
<p>Abstract</p> <p>During open heart surgery the influence of a series of factors such as cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), hypothermia, operation and anaesthesia, as well as medication and transfusion can cause a diffuse trauma in the lungs. This injury leads mostly to a postoperative...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2010-01-01
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| Series: | Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery |
| Online Access: | http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/5/1/1 |