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Strategy of Transfusion in Cardiac Surgery: Limits of Hematocrit and How Much is Too Low?

Carl-Johan JakobsenAarhus University Hospital Department of Anesthesia & Intensive Care Skejby Sygehus DK-8200Aarhus NDenmark. Tel: +4589498751 Fax: +4589498809 [email protected]
Pages 141-151 | Published online: 26 Feb 2007

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