Postoperative red blood cell transfusion and morbid outcome in uncomplicated cardiac surgery patients
✍ Scribed by Patrick Möhnle; Stephanie A. Snyder-Ramos; Yinghui Miao; Alexander Kulier; Bernd W. Böttiger; Jack Levin; Dennis T. Mangano
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 316 KB
- Volume
- 37
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1432-1238
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