Patient safety and blood transfusion: new solutions.
Dzik WH, Corwin H, Goodnough LT, et al.
Transfus Med Rev 2003;17(3):169-180.
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Prognostic significance of perioperative blood transfusion in oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma.
Taniguchi Y, Okura M
Head Neck 2003;25(11):931-936.
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A novel hemostatic agent: the potential role of recombinant activated factor VII (RFVIIa) in anesthetic practice.
Murkin JM
Can J Anaesth 2002;49(10):S21-S26.
Review by Aldouri M
The effects of epoetin alfa on transfusion requirements in head and neck cancer patients: a prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled study.
Scott SN, Boeve TJ, McCulloch TM, Fitzpatrick KA, Karnell LH
Laryngoscope 2002;112(7):1221-1229.
Review by Henry DH
Effect of blood transfusion during radiotherapy on the immune function of patients with cancer of the uterine cervix: role of interleukin-10.
This article generates some good ideas and hypotheses about what might be causing, at the basic science level, the adverse treatment outcome effects of blood... Read More
Treatment of life-threatening post-haemorrhagic anaemia with cell-free haemoglobin solution in an adolescent Jehovah’s Witness.
Anton N, Hitzler JK, Kavanagh BP
Br J Haematol 2002;118(4):1183-1186.
Review by Van der Linden P
How effective is acute normovolaemic haemodilution in femoro-distal bypass surgery?
Spark JI, Chetter IC, Kester RC, Scott DJA
Cardiovasc Surg 2002;10(5):460-463.
Review by Van der Linden P
Acute normovolemic hemodilution and intraoperative cell salvage in aortic surgery.
Torella F, Haynes SL, Kirwan CC, Bhatt AN, McCollum CN
J Vasc Surg 2002;36(1):31-34.
Review by Van der Linden P
An audit on the blood transfusion requirements for revision hip arthroplasty.
Sharma S, Cooper H, Ivory JP
Ann R Coll Surg Engl 2002;84(4):269-272.
Review by Earnshaw P
Transfusion-related alloimmune neutropenia: an undescribed complication of blood transfusion.
Wallis JP, Haynes S, Stark G, Green FA, Lucas GF, Chapman CE
Lancet 2002;360(9339):1073-1074.
Review by Kretschmer V
Place of normovolemic hemodilution in oncologic cervicofacial and ENT surgery. [Article in French]
Boussofara M, Damak R, Bracco D, Ravussin P
Ann Fr Anesth Reanim 2002;21(4):271-275.
Review by Van der Linden P
Evaluation of an information document about patients and transfusion. [Article in French]
Wargon C, Kunz V, Pibarot ML, et al.
Ann Fr Anesth Reanim 2002;21(3):198-204.
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Blood use in cerebrovascular neurosurgery.
Couture DE, Ellegala DB, Dumont AS, Mintz PD, Kassell NF
Stroke 2002;33(4):994-997.
Review by Contreras M
The use of bovine hemoglobin glutamer-250 (Hemopure (R)) in surgical patients: Results of a multicenter, randomized, single-blinded trial.
Sprung J, Kindscher JD, Wahr JA, et al.
Anesth Analg 2002;94(4):799-808.
Review by Hardy JF
Exposure to allogeneic plasma and risk of postoperative pneumonia and/or wound infection in coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
Vamvakas EC, Carven JH
Transfusion 2002;42(1):107-113.
Review by Kretschmer V