A review of transfusion risks and optimal management of perioperative bleeding with cardiac surgery.
Despotis
George
G
Departments of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA. gdespotis@path.wustl.edu
Eby
Charles
C
Lublin
Douglas M
DM
D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000473:pathology; D001803:Blood Transfusion / Q000401:mortality; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000473:pathology; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006487:Hemostasis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D006488:Hemostasis, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D006490:Hemostatics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007154:Immune System Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D009102:Multiple Organ Failure / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality; D019990:Perioperative Care / Q000009:adverse effects; D019106:Postoperative Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D012306:Risk; D013903:Thoracic Surgery; D065227:Transfusion Reaction
D006490:Hemostatics