%0 Journal Article
%T Efficacy of intraoperative cell salvage in decreasing perioperative blood transfusion rates in first-time cardiac surgery patients: a retrospective study
%A Alexandra M. Yip
%A Ansar Hassan
%A Bill O¡¯Reilly
%A Claudia L. C£¿t¨¦
%A Craig D. Brown
%A Jeffrey B. MacLeod
%A Joshua Murray
%A Maral Ouzounian
%A Marc P. Pelletier
%A Rand Forgie
%J Archive of "Canadian Journal of Surgery".
%D 2016
%R 10.1503/cjs.002216
%X Evidence regarding the safety and efficacy of intraoperative cell salvage (ICS) in transfusion reduction during cardiac surgery remains conflicting. We sought to evaluate the impact of routine ICS on outcomes following cardiac surgery
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5042720/