Acute normovolemic hemodilution reduced allogeneic blood transfusion without increasing perioperative complications in patients undergoing free-flap reconstruction of the head and neck.

Daiki TakekawaJunichi SaitoHirotaka KinoshitaEij I HashibaNaoki HiraiYuma YamazakiTetsuya KushikataKazuyoshi Hirota

Published in: Journal of anesthesia (2019)

ANH use can reduce the need for perioperative ABT in patients undergoing free-flap reconstruction of the head and neck without increasing the incidence of post-operative complications.

Keyphrases

patients undergoing
risk factors
stem cell transplantation
liver failure
bone marrow
respiratory failure
cardiac surgery
aortic dissection
intensive care unit
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation