Are Blood Products Routinely Required in Pediatric Heart Surgery?
The majority of children with a BW > 8.5 kg required no blood products and those with a BW ≤ 8.5 kg required only 1 unit of blood, to prime the cardiopulmonary bypass circuit.
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