Intraoperative red cell salvage.
In this article, Tony Fisher explores the background to autotransfusion and how recent advances in equipment and techniques have facilitated intraoperative cell salvage, thus reducing the need for homologous transfusion.
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Harefield Hospital.
D001804:Blood Transfusion, Autologous / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D000075202:Contraindications; D017707:Erythrocyte Transfusion; D006801:Humans; D019990:Perioperative Care; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic