Diagnostic and therapeutic medical devices for safer blood management in cardiac surgery: systematic reviews, observational studies and randomised controlled trials

Background: Anaemia, coagulopathic bleeding and transfusion are strongly associated with organ failure, sepsis and death following cardiac surgery. Objective: To evaluate the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of medical devices used as diagnostic and therapeutic tools for the management...

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Main Authors: Gavin J Murphy, Andrew D Mumford, Chris A Rogers, Sarah Wordsworth, Elizabeth A Stokes, Veerle Verheyden, Tracy Kumar, Jessica Harris, Gemma Clayton, Lucy Ellis, Zoe Plummer, William Dott, Filiberto Serraino, Marcin Wozniak, Tom Morris, Mintu Nath, Jonathan A Sterne, Gianni D Angelini, Barnaby C Reeves
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: NIHR Journals Library 2017-09-01
Series:Programme Grants for Applied Research
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3310/pgfar05170