ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Impact of autologous blood transfusion on the use of pack of red blood cells in coronary artery bypass grafting surgery

Leonardo Leiria de Moura da Silva^I; Anna Júlia de Borba Andres^II; Roberta Senger^III; Ralf STUERMER^IV; Maria Celoni de Mello de Godoy^V; Eduardo Francisco Mafassioli Correa^VI; Virgínia Maria Cóser^VII

DOI: 10.5935/1678-9741.20130027

^IAnesthesiologist, MD, MSc. University Hospital of Santa Maria (HUSM). Post-Graduate Program on Health Sciences - Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM), Santa Maria, RS, Brazil. Study design, data collection, anesthesia of the patients, writing, and review
^IIMedical Student. Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM), Santa Maria, RS, Brazil. Data collection, structuring of the database, and review
^IIIPerfusionist Nurse. University Hospital of Santa Maria (HUSM), Santa Maria, RS, Brazil. Data collection, management of perfusion of patients, and review
^IVCardiovascular Surgeon, MD. University Hospital of Santa Maria (HUSM), Santa Maria, RS, Brazil. Surgeon who operated on patients, structuring of the database, review
^VAnesthesiologist, MD, PhD. Associate Professor of Anesthesiology. Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM), Santa Maria, RS, Brazil. Coorientation of the study, review
^VIAnesthesiologist, MD, TSA. Chief, Division of Anesthesiology. University Hospital of Santa Maria (HUSM), Santa Maria, RS, Brazil. Study design, coorientation to the study, anesthesia of the patients and review
^VIIMD, PhD. Attending Physician, Division of Hematology-Oncology. University Hospital of Santa Maria (HUSM). Supervisor Professor at Post-Graduate Program on Health Sciences - Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM), Santa Maria, RS, Brazil. Orientation of the study, review of data collected, review

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