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Prophylactic hypothermia and neuromuscular blockade to limit myocardial oxygen demand in a critically anemic Jehovah's Witness after emergency surgery(†)

Management of anemic patients refusing blood transfusion remains challenging. Concomitant coronary artery disease further complicates management. We sought to decrease the likelihood of cardiac events by employing hypothermia and neuromuscular blockade, in addition to limited phlebotomy, in a critic...

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Autores principales: Klein, Michael J., Carter, Timothy I., Smith, Michael C., Wong, Jonathan, Sugiyama, Gainosuke
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4258722/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25487373
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rju135