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The use of partial exchange blood transfusion and anaesthesia in the management of sickle cell disease in a perioperative setting: two case reports

INTRODUCTION: Homozygous sickle cell carriers have an increased perioperative mortality. Some indications may justify an exchange blood transfusion to reduce the proportion of haemoglobin S. The advantages of general blood transfusion in a perioperative setting have not been proven and thus remain c...

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Autores principales: Jaeckel, Rhett, Thieme, Matthias, Czeslick, Elke, Sablotzki, Armin
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2838918/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20205732
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-4-82