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Patient blood management strategies in cardiac surgery
Aryeh Shander, Victor A. Ferraris
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Abstract
This chapter discusses patient blood management strategies in cardiac surgery, including sections on the burden of anaemia in cardiac surgery, blood transfusion in cardiac surgery, patient blood management in cardiac surgery (management of anaemia, optimization of haemostasis, autotransfusion techniques, and other supportive measures), and outcomes of patient blood management programmes.