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The bloody mess of red blood cell transfusion

Red blood cell (RBC) transfusion might be life-saving in settings with acute blood loss, especially uncontrolled haemorrhagic shock. However, there appears to be a catch-22 situation reflected by the facts that preoperative anaemia represents an independent risk factor for postoperative morbidity an...

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Autores principales: Chandra, Susilo, Kulkarni, Hrishikesh, Westphal, Martin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5751535/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29297368
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13054-017-1912-x