Effect of blood transfusion on long-term survival after cardiac operation.
Engoren MC, Habib RH, Zacharias A, Schwann TA, Riordan CJ, Durham SJ
Ann Thorac Surg 2002;74(4):1180-1186.
Review by Hardy JF
Intraoperative low-volume acute normovolemic hemodilution in adult open-heart surgery.
Casati V, Speziali G, D’Alessandro C, et al.
Anesthesiology 2002;97(2):367-373.
Review by Van der Linden P***; Messmer K****
Mechanical methods of reducing blood transfusion in cardiac surgery: randomised controlled trial.
McGill N, O'Shaughnessy D, Pickering R, Herbertson M, Gill R
BMJ 2002;324(7349):1299-1302.
Review by V. Kretschmer
Retrograde autologous priming of the cardiopulmonary bypass circuit reduces blood transfusion after coronary artery surgery.
Balachandran S, Cross MH, Karthikeyan S, Mulpur A, Hansbro SD, Hobson P
Ann Thorac Surg 2002;73(6):1912-1918.
Review by Van der Linden P