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independent risk factor for increased … are reserved primarily for people refusing blood transfusions …

… between perioperative variables and transfusion risk, we … of shock or low cardiac output
states, adequate monitoring of … a higher proportion of the erythrocyte reserve) and due to higher …

… increased risk of death associated with low preoperative Hb … of surgeons, anesthesiologists,
hematologists, transfusion and … Additionally, prior to this pilot study the outcome of clinical …

… the best balance between the risk for hypoglycemia and … and optimization of adequate cardiac
output and is performed most … novel noninvasive measure of oxygen reserve–A pilot study. …

… Colinearity was assessed at multiple points while building our multivariable model using
variance … Of interest, we failed to demonstrate a relationship between blood product volume and …

… patient blood management in cardiac surgery, research has … , a significant variability in patient
transfusion practices among … blood transfusions during cardiac surgery with increased risk …

… mortality risk score), the posttransfusion versus pretransfusion change … significantly augment
their cardiac output and may have … biomarkers indicating loss of reserve in compensating for …

… major surgery and increased risk of morbidity and mortality. … Even in patients with cardiac
output (CO) monitoring in situ, … urea-linked polygelin; the transfusion trigger was a hematocrit …

… , and the trigger for transfusion of packed erythrocytes was set … (cardiac output was not
assessed but heart rate was … moderate-risk patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery …

… ’s blood reserve, and applying restrictive transfusion strategies … risk of RBC transfusion,
anemia is an independent risk factor … However, variability in RBC and non-RBC transfusion rates …