title: Preventive Strategies for Minimizing Hemodilution in the Cardiac Surgery Patient During Cardiopulmonary Bypass.
authors.affiliation: Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia Service, Department of Anaesthesiology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore; Department of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia, National Heart Centre Singapore (NHCS), Singapore. Electronic address: hwang.nian.chih@sgh.com.sg.
authors.forename: Nian Chih
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Hwang
mesh_terms: D001810:Blood Volume / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006400:Hematocrit / Q000379:methods; D006438:Hemodilution / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006493:Heparin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D006493:Heparin
keywords: anesthesia; cardiac surgery; cardiopulmonary bypass; hematocrit; hemodilution; priming volume