Anemia in Cardiac Surgery – Can Something Bad Get Worse?
Anemia in patients undergoing CABG with CPB is bad, but blood transfusion can be worse, increasing at least 50% the risk for mortality and/or morbidity.
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WESTPORT, CT (Reuters Health) – In a subgroup of patients who have severe migraine, closure of a large cardiac right-to-left shunt appears […]
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