title: RETRACTED: Six different hemofiltration devices for blood conservation in cardiac surgery.
abstract: This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (http://www.elsevier.com/locate/withdrawalpolicy). This article has been retracted at the request of the Editor. Reason: By comparing the results of this article with results reported by Berend Fedderson (Hämofiltration als blutsparendes Verfahren in der Herzchirurgie: sechs verschiedene Hämofilter im Vergleich; Niebüll, Germany; http://d-nb.info/930239350), it has been determined that experimental outcomes have been altered. Thus, the research published in this article was misrepresented to The Annals of Thoracic Surgery and the article should be retracted from the scientific record.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Boldt
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zickmann
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Fedderson
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Herold
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dapper
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hempelmann
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001777:Blood Coagulation / Q000502:physiology; D001793:Blood Preservation / Q000379:methods*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006440:Hemofiltration / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D010976:Platelet Count
chemical_list: D006454:Hemoglobins; D010100:Oxygen