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  • Book
    Barbara J. Bain.
    Contents:
    The blood film and count
    Assessing red cells
    Assessing white cells and platelets
    Haematological findings in health and disease
    Emergency morphology
    Self-assessment.
    Digital Access Wiley 2017
  • Article
    Norman JC, Cooley DA, Igo SR, Hibbs CW, Johnson MD, Bennett JG, Fuqua JM, Trono R, Edmonds CH.
    J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 1977 Nov;74(5):709-20.
    To define more clearly a salvageable patient for possible utilization of a left ventricular assist device prior to multiple organ failure and irretrievability during postcardiotomy intra-aortic balloon pumping (IABP), we made prospective and retrospective analyses to determine prognostic indices for survival. Serial left ventricular function curves (IABP on-off), scoring methods, hemodynamic and renal function tracking trajectories, survival versus nonsurvival data envelopes, and classification methods were developed and used. All patients requiring postcardiotomy IABP support who were in Class A survived; 80 percent of the patients in Class B survived. All patients who remained in Class C for 12 hours or more following operation with IABP support died. These preliminary analyses suggest that the postcardiotomy IABP-supported patient with a score of less than 6 who remains in Class C for 12 hours or more is at the highest possible risk and is a probably candidate for more effective support with a left ventricular assist device.
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