REDUCCIÓN DE TRANSFUSIONES ALOGÉNICAS EN CIRUGÍA CARDÍACA EMPLEANDO UN PROGRAMA DE AHORRO DE SANGRE / The reduction of allogeneic blood transfusions in cardiac surgery using a blood saving program

Antecedents and objectives: Cardiac surgery has been a process which traditionally requires large amounts of homologous blood transfusions. Due to the negative effects on perioperativemorbimortality, and its cost, some alternatives have been developed in order to reduce or avoid giving a transfusion...

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Main Authors: Altinay Padrón Bulit, Alina Ceballos Álvarez, Leonel Fuentes Herrera, Rafael Onelio Rodríguez Hernández, Alain Moré Duarte, Pedro A. Hidalgo Menéndez, Osvaldo González Alfonso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cardiocentro Ernesto Che Guevara 2009-09-01
Series:CorSalud
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Online Access:http://bvs.sld.cu/revistas/cors/pdf/2009/v1n3a09/reduccion.pdf