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State of the Art Blood Management in Cardiac Surgery
Blood has been described as the most precious and personal substance in the world (1), and caregivers focused on cardiac surgery issues now know that the current direction today in cardiac surgery is to actively move away from transfusing donor “allogeneic” blood products, and towards improved methods of keeping and saving the patient’s own autologous blood.
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Calcium Administration In Patients Undergoing CardiAc suRgery Under Cardiopulmonary BypasS (ICARUS trial): Rationale and Design of a Randomized Controlled Trial
This trial is designed to assess whether intravenous calcium chloride administration could reduce the need for inotropic support after cardiopulmonary bypass weaning among adults undergoing cardiac surgery.
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Platelet Dysfunction After Normothermic Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Children: Effect of High-Dose Aprotinin
Here we investigated the effect of aprotinin on platelet function during normothermic CPB in pediatric patients.
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