Alain Morin
The "self-awareness-anosognosia" paradox explained: How can one process be associated with activation of, and damage to, opposite sides of the brain?
Laterality
patients undergoing oral maxillofacial flap reconstruction often need blood transfusions due massive blood loss increasing limitations allogeneic blood transfusion abt doctors considering acute normovolemic hemodilution anh advantages comparing differences blood indices postoperative complications patients receiving abt anh reconstruction repair oral maxillofacial tumor flaps studys purpose provide reference clinical application anh clinical data 276 patients underwent oral maxillofacial flap reconstruction september 25 2017 october 11 2021 department oral maxillofacial surgery sun yatsen memorial hospital retrospectively analyzed according intraoperative blood transfusion mode patients divided two groups abt anh differences blood indices incidence postoperative complications groups analyzed among 276 patients anh 124276 abt 152276 differences hb pt fib p 005 wbc plt aptt ddimer significantly different p 005 blood transfusion method independent factor flap crisis p 005 wound infection probability patients high postpts 1953 times greater patients low postpts 1953 95 ci 1232 3095 p 0004 normal overweight bmi protective factor pulmonary infection incidence pulmonary infection patients 0089 times patients low bmi 0089 95 ci 0017 0462 moreover high asa grade promoted occurrence pulmonary infection 6373 95 ci 1681 24163 blood transfusion mode b 0310 0360 p 0001 anh ln hospital stay 220 037 abt ln hospital stay 254 042 improved length hospital stay preoperative postoperative blood transfusion hb pt fib differ wbc plt aptt ddimer differ difference effects two blood transfusion methods flap crisis incision infection lung infection flap reconstruction anh resulted 365 day shorter average hospital stay abt