Mechanical methods of reducing blood transfusion in cardiac surgery: randomised controlled trial.
This study assesses the effectiveness of intraoperative cell salvage with or without normovolemic hemodilution in patients undergoing elective coronary artery bypass surgery. The results are not particularly new and the […]
Acute hemodilution in a chronic polycythemic patient may be deleterious.
This case report showed that chronic polycythemia could be associated with peripheral shunting that might reduce patient’s tolerance to acute isovolemic hemodilution. – P. Van der Linden. The authors have […]