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The impact of blood conservation on outcomes in cardiac surgery: is it safe and effective?
Date: Thursday, August 12th, 2010
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Novel Wrapping Technique with Insertion of Fat Tissue for Hemostasis in Aortic Surgery
Date: Wednesday, April 14th, 2010
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The Introduction of a Simple Maneuver to Reduce the Risk of Postoperative Bleeding After Major Hepatectomies
Date: Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
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Bloodless Aortic Valve and Ascending Aorta Replacement Surgery Requiring Circulatory Arrest: Two Case Studies
Date: Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
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How I Do It: Utilization of High-Pressure Sealants in Aortic Reconstruction
Date: Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
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Catastrophic Hemorrhage Due to Aortic Injury during Resternotomy: What to Do?
Date: Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009
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The Association of Perioperative Red Blood Cell Transfusions and Decreased Long-Term Survival after Cardiac Surgery
Date: Wednesday, August 5th, 2009
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The Association of Perioperative Red Blood Cell Transfusions and Decreased Long-Term Survival after Cardiac Surgery
Date: Wednesday, July 15th, 2009
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Intraoperative Transfusion of 1 U to 2 U Packed Red Blood Cells Is Associated with Increased 30-Day Mortality, Surgical-Site Infection, Pneumonia, and Sepsis in General Surgery Patients
Date: Wednesday, July 8th, 2009
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Individual Probability of Allogeneic Erythrocyte Transfusion in Elective Spine Surgery: The Predictive Model of Transfusion in Spine Surgery
Date: Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
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Building an immune-mediated coagulopathy consensus: early recognition and evaluation to enhance post-surgical patient safety
Date: Friday, May 22nd, 2009
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Operative Blood Loss Independently Predicts Recurrence and Survival after Resection of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Date: Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
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Predictors of Blood Loss in Fronto-Orbital Advancement and Remodeling
Date: Tuesday, April 21st, 2009
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Surgical Site Infection Prevention: The Importance Of Operative Duration And Blood Transfusion—Results Of The First American College of Surgeons–National Surgical Quality Improvement Best Practices Initiatives
Date: Tuesday, March 10th, 2009
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Femoral Pseudoaneurysms Post-Cardiac Catheterization Surgically Treated: Evolution and Prognosis
Date: Wednesday, January 21st, 2009
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Minocycline Reduces Intracerebral Hemorrhage-Induced Brain Injury
Date: Wednesday, January 21st, 2009
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Blood Transfusion in Cardiac Surgery: A Highly Varied Practice
Date: Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
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Efficacy of Transarterial Embolization as Definitive Treatment in Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Date: Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
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Cell Salvage in Obstetrics
Date: Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
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Advances in Intracerebral Haemorrhage Management
Date: Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
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Operative Delay for Orthopedic Patients on Clopidogrel (Plavix): A Complete Lack of Consensus
Date: Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
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Operative Repair or Endovascular Stent Graft in Blunt Traumatic Thoracic Aortic Injuries: Results of an American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Multicenter Study
Date: Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
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Efficacy of Intraoperative Cell Saver in Decreasing Postoperative Blood Transfusions in Instrumented Posterior Lumbar Fusion Patients
Date: Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
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Perioperative Management of Four Anemic Female Jehovah's Witnesses Undergoing Urgent Complex Cardiac Surgery
Date: Monday, October 22nd, 2007
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Bloodless Surgery in a Jehovah's Witness Patient with a 12.7-kg Uterine Leiomyosarcoma
Date: Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007
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Clinical Strategies in the Medical Care of Jehovah's Witnesses
Date: Friday, December 22nd, 2006
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Major Hepatectomy in Children: Approaching Blood Transfusion-free
Date: Friday, July 21st, 2006
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Local Infusion of Norepinephrine Reduces Blood Losses and Need of Transfusion in Total Knee Arthroplasty
Date: Friday, March 17th, 2006
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