The use of antifibrinolytic agents results in a reduction in transfused blood products during liver transplantation

Derivation of a risk index for the predi

Derivation of a risk index for the prediction of massive blood transfusion in liver transplantation

✍ Stuart A. McCluskey; Keyvan Karkouti; Duminda N. Wijeysundera; Karen Kakizawa; M 📂 Article 📅 2006 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 172 KB 👁 1 views

Massive blood transfusion (MBT) remains a serious and common occurrence in liver transplantation surgery. This retrospective cohort study was undertaken to identify preoperative predictors of MBT and to develop a risk index for MBT in liver transplantation. Data were retrospectively collected on all