Perfusionist Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous Perfusionist Links and Articles

Blood CME Center Fibrinogen and Perioperative Bleeding in Cardiac Surgery
Barbara J, Flanagan P. Blood transfusion: protecting against the unknown. Br Med J 1998; 316: 717-8.
Munoz M, Ariza D, Gomez-Ramirez S, Henandez P, G arcia-Erce JA, Leal-Noval SR. Preoperative anemia in elective cardiac surgery: prevalence, risk factors, and influence on postoperative outcome.Transfusion Alternatives in Transfusion Medicine. 2010 May 14;11(2):47-56.
Provan D. Better blood transfusion. We must use donated blood better and consider alternatives (editorial). Br Med J 1999 May 29;318:1435-6.
<Rossaint R, Bouillon B, Cerny V, Coats TJ, Duranteau J, Fernández-Mondéjar E, et al.
Management of bleeding following major trauma: an updated European guideline. Crit Care. 2010 Apr 6;14(2):R52
Smith J, Bricker S, Putnam B. Tissue oxygen saturation predicts the need for early blood transfusion in trauma patients. Am Surg 2008 Oct;74(10):1006-11.
Vanderlinde ES, Joanna M Heal JM, Blumberg N. Autologous transfusion (review). Br Med J 2002 Mar 30;324:772-5.