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The Association Between Intraoperative Cell Salvage and Red Blood Cell Transfusion in Cardiac Surgery – An Observational Study in A Patient Blood Management Centre
Here, we evaluate the benefit of CS in a large number of patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery at a designated PBM centre. We hypothesised that the use of CS is associated with a decreased proportion of patients exposed to RBC transfusion as an individual measure in a comprehensive PBM program.
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