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A Polysomnography Study Examining the Association Between Sleep and Postoperative Delirium in Older Hospitalized Cardiac Surgical Patients
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Combination of Autologous Transfusion and Retrograde Autologous Priming Decreases Blood Requirements
In a prospective study, 60 patients posted for coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery on cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) were assigned to 2 groups of 30 each. (group A =combination of acute normovolaemic haemodilution (ANH) and retrograde autologous priming (RAP), group B=control). The aim was to investigate whether retrograde autologous priming reduces haemoditution as compared to control cases.
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